Water on the Moon!

NASA has announced it. Google has posted a news report.

This news is good, and important.

Not important for the outcome of the next election or two: important for the outcome of the next century or two.

Note this from the NASA press release:

"The full understanding of the LCROSS data may take some time. The data is that rich," said Colaprete. "Along with the water in Cabeus, there are hints of other intriguing substances. The permanently shadowed regions of the moon are truly cold traps, collecting and preserving material over billions of years."

I can't resist speculating: if those substances are intriguing enough to make a human lunar presence financially profitable, history has just been changed--not on the scale of centuries, but on the scale of decades.