DISCOVERY - AT 6:15 P.M. ET:  There is water on the moon.  Now we know:

There is water on the Moon, scientists stated unequivocally on Friday, and considerable amounts of it.

“Indeed yes, we found water,” Anthony Colaprete, the principal investigator for NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, said in a news conference.

The confirmation of scientists’ suspicions is welcome news both to future explorers who might set up home on the lunar surface and to scientists who hope that the water, in the form of ice accumulated over billions of years, could hold a record of the solar system’s history.

The satellite, known as Lcross (pronounced L-cross), slammed into a crater near the Moon’s south pole a month ago. The impact carved out a hole 60 to 100 feet wide and kicked up at least 24 gallons of water.

COMMENT:  Now, watch:  Nancy Pelosi will tax the water.  Al Gore will claim that if we don't stop global warming, the water will dry up.  Barack Obama will announce an outreach program to convince the water that we are friendly.

And the mainstream media will say that we've done far more to hurt the water than the water has to hurt us.

November 13, 2009