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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
a few ice flakes won't fill the local water cooler
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Of course not. But the great thing is that with water being confirmed in essentially a desert, that means there is a greater chance for ice to be present in craters created by comets. Essentially, the water on the moon is brought there externally. The moon didn't create its own water. If there's water on the beaches, there's most likely even more water in the craters.
It is said that the estimate right now is 0.1-1% water, which would be enough to mine and actually.
LCROSS is due for impact in 13 days:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCROSS
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LC...ain/index.html
and we will probably get even more water data after that.
I bet the LCROSS team is pissed the Indians beat them to the punch though.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0405/01.html