(NASA) Lunar colonists may one day enjoy a view of Earth similar to the one scene in this famous photo, “Earthrise,” taken on Dec. 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission.
Water Discovery Fuels Hope to Colonize Moon
NOVEMBER 16, 2009Jeanna Bryner, Space.com
Hopes, dreams and practical plans to colonize the moon as a source of minerals or a launch pad to the cosmos got a boost with NASA's announcement of significant water ice at the lunar south pole.Read more: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33918160/The LCROSS probe discovered the equivalent of a dozen 2-gallon buckets of water in the form of ice, in a crater at the lunar south pole. Scientists figure there's more where that came from.
