# water found on moon

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-found-on-moon/455988>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 10, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-found-on-moon/455988 "2008-07-10T15:53:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-found-on-moon/455988/1 "2008-07-10T15:53:29Z")

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In miniscule amounts… [story here](http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/09/moon-water.html) .

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-found-on-moon/455988/2 "2008-07-10T21:12:19Z")

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Sweet!

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**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-found-on-moon/455988/3 "2008-07-10T21:42:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Zebra]  
Sweet!  
[/QUOTE]

unlikely

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-found-on-moon/455988/4 "2008-07-10T23:29:06Z")

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Heinlein was right!

We can mine for it, extract it from rock.