Ice on the moon.(work on the moon will be possible if there is water on the moon as scientists suggest)

From: Science World | Date: March 11, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Scientists say there"s enough water on the moon to support a lunar colony for 100 years. Are your bags packed, or is that just lunar-cy?

As you start to ponder your future, you may want to consider an option that no one--absolutely no one--has ever had before in human history. "Some of you reading this--I guarantee it--are going to live and work on the moon!" says Alan Binder, NASAs chief investigator of Lunar Prospector, a spacecraft that has been orbiting the moon since January. Is Binder a space cadet? Or should you get ready for moon malls?

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