Moon shows signs of H2O ~ Do you think it's habitable?

[brownprose]

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It's not lunacy, probes find water in moon dirt

WASHINGTON – The moon isn't the dry dull place it seems. Traces of water lurk in the dirt unseen.

Three different space probes found the chemical signature of water all over the moon's surface, surprising the scientists who at first doubted the unexpected measurement until it was confirmed independently and repeatedly.

It's not enough moisture to foster homegrown life on the moon. But if processed in mass quantities, it might provide resources — drinking water and rocket fuel — for future moon-dwellers, scientists say. The water comes and goes during the lunar day.

It's not a lot of water. If you took a two-liter soda bottle of lunar dirt, there would probably be a medicine dropperful of water in it, said University of Maryland astronomer Jessica Sunshine, one of the scientists who discovered the water. Another way to think of it is if you want a drink of water, it would take a baseball diamond's worth of dirt, said team leader Carle Pieters of Brown University.

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[rodsky]

It's not lunacy, probes find water in moon dirt

WASHINGTON – The moon isn't the dry dull place it seems. Traces of water lurk in the dirt unseen.

Three different space probes found the chemical signature of water all over the moon's surface, surprising the scientists who at first doubted the unexpected measurement until it was confirmed independently and repeatedly.

It's not enough moisture to foster homegrown life on the moon. But if processed in mass quantities, it might provide resources — drinking water and rocket fuel — for future moon-dwellers, scientists say. The water comes and goes during the lunar day.

It's not a lot of water. If you took a two-liter soda bottle of lunar dirt, there would probably be a medicine dropperful of water in it, said University of Maryland astronomer Jessica Sunshine, one of the scientists who discovered the water. Another way to think of it is if you want a drink of water, it would take a baseball diamond's worth of dirt, said team leader Carle Pieters of Brown University.

Full story -- > It's not lunacy, probes find water in moon dirt - Yahoo! News

The "traces of water" idea/concept has been around for decades. For concrete proof of water (in the form of water-ice), let's wait til LCROSS hits the pole...just two weeks more to go before impact!
NASA - LCROSS

-RODION

[cromagnon]

moon has a lot of gold./

[dexlimp]

d ghapon habitable..lack of oxygen..

[Inting Mnemonic]

If substanstial ang water content sa moon..why not? its just that dili pa siya habitable kay clues ang traces pa ang discover..wait and see lang ta..

[rodsky]

d ghapon habitable..lack of oxygen..

If you have water on the moon, then, with electrolysis, you can produce hydrogen and oxygen ( Electrolysis of water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). You can then use oxygen in lunar habitats and be able to live on the moon, preferably underground (radiation shielding).

-RODION

[elvishtattoo]

magbaha sad sa moon?

just asking...

[rodsky]

magbaha sad sa moon?

just asking...

Magbaha ug tubig? No. Magbaha ug radiation? Yes

-RODION

[Clifford_2008]

imposible pa na pagkakarun siguro.....

[kit_cebu]

if there would've been plants there, THAT i can say it will be habitable... i doubt, even bacteria is there...