Moonshot last year splashed up lots of water

NASA blasted a hole in the moon last year in search of water. Results from the moonshot reveal lots of water in a crater where the sun never shines. There was 155 litres of ice and vapour and is twice as much as researchers had expected. The Mission chief scientist Anthony Colaprete thinks there could be four billion litres of water in the crater. He called it an "oasis in a lunar desert." There could be more craters at the moon's poles. The Moon could be a possible future outpost where water on site could be used for drinking or making rocket fuel. The $79-million moon mission known as "LCROSS" was launched October 9th 2009. The crash carved a hole about one-quarter the size of a football field and a trailing spacecraft then flew through the cloud of debris and used its instruments to analyze what was inside before it also struck the moon. Besides water, it also contained carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, ammonia, sodium, mercury and silver.

We have always thought that the moon was a desert but it turns out it isn't. Scientists have found tons of water and other valuable elements that could be used if we were to build a base on the moon. I think the Americans the Japanese and the Chinese plan to build bases on the moon in the future, to deploy solar panels to meet surging power demand in 2030-2050.