# There's Water on the moon! **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 13, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480 "2009-11-13T20:49:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/eada6e/32.png) [@\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Undecided_Adrian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/1 "2009-11-13T20:49:51Z")
[LCROSS has found strong evidence of water.](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/11/13/nasa-finds-reservoir-of-water-ice-on-the-moon/) Do you think that influences NASA’s decisions on whether to return to the moon in the near future? What will that mean for lunar exploration in the long run? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/2 "2009-11-13T21:36:33Z")
It makes the Moon more interesting in a purely scientific sense – especially as none of the Apollo expeditions found water; this shows there is more variety on the lunar surface than we might have expected. But it means nothing, of course, for the possibility of life on the Moon; no air, no life. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/3 "2009-11-13T21:44:52Z")
Water on the moon! We’re halfway to finding _whales_ on the moon now! ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/4 "2009-11-13T21:46:18Z")
How long until Coke sets up a bottling plant? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/5 "2009-11-13T21:48:15Z")
And if Jesus is there, he’ll be walking on the water on the moon! ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/6 "2009-11-13T22:08:18Z")
This is very important information - if we ever run out of water on earth, it’s important to have a backup plan. Water is a really important resource, after all. Scarce, too. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/7 "2009-11-13T22:22:27Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > And if Jesus is there, he’ll be walking on the water on the moon! Could you say that he’ll be moon walking on the water on the moon? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/8 "2009-11-13T22:27:52Z")
That’d be thrilling! ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/9 "2009-11-13T22:45:27Z")
If there is water in quantity, it makes it much more possible to have a permanent manned presence on the Moon. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/10 "2009-11-13T23:00:29Z")
Does this show the first couple of moon missions were faked? You’d think they would have noticed the water trap while playing golf and driving around. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/11 "2009-11-13T23:31:52Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > Does this show the first couple of moon missions were faked? You’d think they would have noticed the water trap while playing golf and driving around. They didn’t get that far; they kept losing the golf balls. Escape velocity, and all. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGNX1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@BuickGNX1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuickGNX1987)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/12 "2009-11-13T23:37:05Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > Does this show the first couple of moon missions were faked? You’d think they would have noticed the water trap while playing golf and driving around. The water was found at the moon’s south pole, in an area that receives little or no sunlight. It seems like the manned lunar landings were in areas that did receive sunlight, which would probably boil away the water if there was any there. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGNX1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@BuickGNX1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuickGNX1987)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/13 "2009-11-14T00:02:10Z")
[hijack]When I first saw the title of this thread, for some reason it reminded me of the scene in Dumb and Dumber when Lloyd notices an old newspaper hanging on the wall that proclaims the first moon landing. “No way…We landed on the moon!”:p[\hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/14 "2009-11-14T00:08:38Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > And if Jesus is there, he’ll be walking on the water on the moon! Jesus could walk on water. Neil Armstrong could walk on the moon. If the water is frozen, and/or mixed in with the soil, then it can be walked on by someone on the lunar surface. Therefore, Neil Armstrong = the Son of God. Makes sense to me! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/15 "2009-11-14T01:17:31Z")
Water on the moon. How’d it get there? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/16 "2009-11-14T01:38:39Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Water on the moon. How’d it get there? Cometary impacts, most likely. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/17 "2009-11-14T02:14:28Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Water on the moon. How’d it get there? Same way Earth’s water got here? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/18 "2009-11-14T02:17:49Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > Does this show the first couple of moon missions were faked? You’d think they would have noticed the water trap while playing golf and driving around. The landings were real. The **footage** was faked at a sound studio in Roswell, NM. This was done to cover up the real purpose of the Apollo program: To trade Tang to the Selenites in exchange for Velcro and digital-watch technology. Mood rings were a fortuitous spinoff. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/19 "2009-11-14T09:03:08Z")
A rat done bit my sister Nell And water’s on the moon. Her face and arms began to swell And water’s on the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480/20 "2009-11-14T12:15:35Z")
I assume the water was in the form of ice, right? Was it on the surface, or under it? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-water-on-the-moon/517480.md?page=2)