MOON 2 LT

Colaprete said it would take several days for analysts to
evaluate the data and several weeks to determine whether and
how much hydrogen-bearing compounds were found.

According to scientists,"If ice is present in the
permanently shaded lunar craters of the Moon then it could
potentially provide a water source for the eventual
establishment of a manned base on the Moon."

Finding water on Earth's natural satellite would be a
major breakthrough in space exploration and pave the way
toward future lunar bases for drinking water or fuel, or even
man living on another planet.

This could be the place that we could go to mine water
for a permanent lunar base, Scientists said.

The site of the impact on Friday is a 100-km-wide hole,
which lies just a short distance from the Shackleton crater –
the proposed location for Nasa's manned lunar base, which it
hopes to have completed by 2024.

Discovering a potential water supply has obvious benefits
for that scheme, not least providing astronauts with a
potential reservoir that they can tap into rather than rely on
shipments from Earth.
The controversial mission has raised questions whether the
natural forces should be interfered with.
But Dr Vincent Eke, from the Institute for Computational
Cosmology at the University of Durham, said the impact of the
blast will simply create one more dimple on the moonscape.
"The cratered surface of the Moon shows it has a history
of violent collisions with asteroids and comets," he said.
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