| Visible Camera Images from NASA LCROSS | | | | moon actually. |
| Sheperding spacecraft show ice in one of the lunar | | | | The reasoning behind this argument is that today it is |
| impact craters made by Centaur rocket collision with | | | | very demanding and expensive to freight water from |
| the moon earlier this year. | | | | the earth to the moon. The possibility to build bases |
| Experts believe this path the way for human travels | | | | will expand human potential for deep space travels. |
| to Mars within a decade or so. | | | | Mars can be reached within a decade as travels from |
| NASA has discovered water on the moon. | | | | the Moon to Mars will take weeks instead of three |
| On June 18th the satellite Lunar Crater Observation | | | | years roundtrip from the earth. |
| and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was sent from the | | | | The reason for this difference in travel time is the |
| earth. | | | | modest gravity on the Moon versus gravity on Earth. |
| On October 9th LCROSS sent the rocket part called | | | | If a space rocket is to be launched from the Earth, it |
| Centaur targeted to crash at the dark side of the | | | | demands large amounts of fuel to leave the |
| moon. LCROSS followed shortly after and did | | | | atmosphere. If the rockets could be sent from the |
| observations during 4 minutes before it also crashed | | | | Moon, all this power can be used to increase the |
| into the moon. | | | | speed instead. |
| The measurements made by LCROSS shows | | | | In order to achieve this, someone will need to take |
| evidence of ice on the moon. This ice has the | | | | the first step – the massive amount of money it |
| potential to be melted into water. | | | | will take to create enough large bases on the Moon |
| This ice is believed to come from astronomic | | | | to construct spapce crafts on the moon itself. |
| collisions, probably the same way as water on earth | | | | This will demand large amount of resources, but can |
| became to exist on the earth. | | | | be a reality. |
| Some experts speculate that this will enable humans | | | | The results presented by NASA are preliminary and |
| to build bases on the moon and will ease the | | | | NASA underlines lots of work remain to create a |
| exploration of the space. | | | | complete overview of the research material collected |
| | | | | by LCROSS satellite during its 4 minutes flight. |
| Friday November 13th it was announced by NASA | | | | Experts believe the initial results are promising and |
| that large quantities of ice had been discovered on | | | | constitute independent and solid evidence, and it |
| the moon. The satellite LCROSS that had made an | | | | supports previous research results made by Space |
| impact with the moon had proved ice in the gas | | | | researchers. |
| cloud created as a result of the impact. | | | | NASA has promised more exiting results from the |
| This can prove to be a significant break through for | | | | LCROSS satellite in the near future. |
| space research as it will expand human ability to | | | | They are yet not at the finish line and only announce |
| make humans travel further into space. It will maybe | | | | that more promising discoveries have been made but |
| be possible to build bases in space, further out than | | | | not yet published.. |
| the existing International Space Station, beyond the | | | | |