Astro-Porn of the Day: Water on the Moon!

NASA just released news that they're positively identified water on the Moon from last month's LCROSS mission, where they crashed a rocket and payload into the Cabeus crater near the Moon's South Pole. Here's the plume:


Click the image to see the story.

That water hasn't seen the light of the Sun for billions of years. Does this mean we can live on the Moon? Well, that's taking it a bit far, but it does mean that it's more realistic to consider establishing colonies on the Moon: As the Fremen tell us, water is life.

Chris

Astro-Porn of the Day: Water on the Moon!

NASA just released news that they're positively identified water on the Moon from last month's LCROSS mission, where they crashed a rocket and payload into the Cabeus crater near the Moon's South Pole. Here's the plume:


Click the image to see the story.

That water hasn't seen the light of the Sun for billions of years. Does this mean we can live on the Moon? Well, that's taking it a bit far, but it does mean that it's more realistic to consider establishing colonies on the Moon: As the Fremen tell us, water is life.

Chris

Hadley Rille book signing tomorrow...

... with Nate Williams (CSSF's AboutSF volunteer coordinator) and Eric Reynolds (ericreynolds, publisher of Hadley Rille Books and co-editor (with jaylake) of Footprints), who'll be signing the new anthology at the Barnes & Noble in Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, Kansas.

The event starts at 1:00pm in the afternoon. Come say hi to Nate and Eric!

Best,
Chris

Hadley Rille book signing tomorrow...

... with Nate Williams (CSSF's AboutSF volunteer coordinator) and Eric Reynolds (ericreynolds, publisher of Hadley Rille Books and co-editor (with jaylake) of Footprints), who'll be signing the new anthology at the Barnes & Noble in Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, Kansas.

The event starts at 1:00pm in the afternoon. Come say hi to Nate and Eric!

Best,
Chris