Water on the Moon

I'm sure you've all heard about it in some way or another. It's important, however, to know what is really going on. A CNN article is good for general things, but NASA is a better place to read about it.

Many people think this mission threw an explosive at the moon, which just isn't true. Others think tinkering with the moon will destroy us - everything from messing up the tides to tossing Earth out of orbit. These people obviously have no clue as to how big the moon really is - and how throwing an object as small as LCROSS at it will change nothing..

Except our knowledge of water existing on the moon. A previous mission in India found the possibility of water there, and with the combined forces of them and NASA, discovered that there is more water on the moon than one would think.

This water is not like the water you know. It primarily exists in the moon's poles (which is why astronauts who went there did not find any; they did not go to the poles) as ice and water molecules. So it's not huge glaciers or bodies of water, but it is water nonetheless. Lots of CNN article commentators flip out about it - one side will warn humanity that we shouldn't touch the moon, and others say this could lead to huge developments for our species.

The people who say such NASA missions are a waste of time, effort, and money obviously don't use cell phones, calculators, satellite television, Velcro, ultrasound, and pacemakers - and don't drink Tang or cook on Teflon.