Monday, November 16, 2009

Might still be a desert

Lcross Mission Finds Water on Moon, NASA Scientists Say - NYTimes.com

Of course I am pleased that the Lcross mission found some water, but it is still quite uncertain as to what it means in terms of readily use-able quantities:
Even though the signs of water were clear and definitive, the Moon is far from wet. The Cabeus soil could still turn out to be drier than that in deserts on Earth. But Dr. Colaprete also said that he expected that the 26 gallons were a lower limit and that it was too early to estimate the concentration of water in the soil.
Well, they'll just have to send some astronauts there to check it out.

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