It’s been all over the news this week: The LCROSS Lunar Impact. But why is it so important to know whether or not there is water on the moon? There are
several reasons why knowing this would be exciting.

First, if there is water on the moon we would be able to not only learn so much more about the moon, but also about our own planet. Our current knowledge
is at a crossroads.

Also, it costs a tremendous amount of money to transport water back and forth from the moon to earth. So having water already there would definitely be convenient in a few ways, most notably cutting costs.
The area they blew up to test for water ice is a very specific place on a crater where it has been dark for billions of years.

Despite the crash, the mission itself was successful in that the amount of data collected was even more than originally expected. I’m happy to hear that since this particular
mission cost 79 million dollars.

If there is water on the moon after all, all space travel from now on will be very different. And, in my mind, it presents the possibility of future moon colonies. Which is a cool thing.