YKhan wrote:

On Sep 24, 6:15 pm, Uncle Al wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/09/24/moon.water/index.html

"One ton of the moon's surface -- in which the water's ingredients are
held -- could yield as much as 32 ounces, or one quart, of water,
according to three reports from research teams who studied data from
three spacecrafts."

That is 2 lbs of water/2000 pounds of dirt in theory - and if the
surface is like the volume. Want to bet your life on it? 55 gallons
would require processing at 100% efficiency 110,000 lbs of regolith.
That's silly.

"Although that amount isn't large, said geological sciences professor
Jack Mustard, the findings show "there are ways you could convert
these amounts of water into higher amounts" that could support human
activity."

That's not even a lie. That's flat out stupid.

Now, that's the concentration that they can detect on the surface of
the Moon. Who's to say if there isn't water on the surface of the Moon
that there isn't water accumulated in higher concentrations much
deeper down? Perhaps even underground lakes and rivers?

Look up the formation of the moon then rationalize water being
anywhere. Meteoric or comet water will vaporize and be swept away by
the solar wind in the low gravity.

If the moon had any water at all the hot day side at 130 C would be
cryogenically pumped by the cold night side at -230 C. It would be as
obvious as NASA Official Truth. Ditto Mars, equator and poles.

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