NASA found water on the moons surface

2009 will forever be remembered now as the year NASA found water on the moons surface. Theories about the moons surface being dry has now been proven a myth. NASA apparently sent spacecrafts to investigate a crater on the moon which has literally never been touched by sunlight for billion's of years, a perfect hiding place for vampires if I might add. NASA scientists are very excited about this new discovery as it proves yet another theory. The theory that water came from heavenly bodies such as comets.

"In the 20 to 30 meter crater we found maybe about a dozen, at least, two-gallon buckets of water. This is an initial result," said Anthony Colaprete, project scientist and principal investigator for the 79-million-dollar LCROSS mission.

If water which is the most basic requirement for life could exist on the moon, which is practically our closest neighbor in this vast empty space, can you imagine the possibility of other planets across the entire space having water on their surface? Maybe even life, It's a close call and we need to cross our fingers on this one.

"In the 20 to 30 meter crater we found maybe about a dozen, at least, two-gallon buckets of water. This is an initial result," said Anthony Colaprete, project scientist and principal investigator for the 79-million-dollar LCROSS mission.

This discovery could be the beginning of something new for humankind. The discovery of water on the moon will further support the cause of setting up lunar bases, which in turn will encourage further space exploration. However,I think that manned expeditions to the moon or of the entire galaxy will have to wait as more pressing matters should be given attention here on earth.

Instead of funding a lunar base project and planning explorations of other planets, I think our governments should focus their resources to further the development of environment friendly technologies and issues regarding our deteriorating environment. Our world should be given attention first, if we send people to explore the universe there might be a chance to find another world that could support life as we know it, but if we take care of this world we wouldn't need to worry about finding another one for a very long time.