MOON RIVER, WIDER THAN A MILE – AT 9:58 P.M. ET:   They have found water in the moon.  No Diet Coke yet, but water.  From Science Daily:

ScienceDaily (May 26, 2011) — There is water inside the moon -- so much, in fact, that in some places it rivals the amount of water found within Earth.

The finding from a scientific team including Brown University comes from the first-ever measurements of water in lunar melt inclusions. Those measurements show that some parts of the lunar mantle have as much water as Earth's upper mantle.

COMMENT:  There was immediate concern that the Obama administration would ban any drilling for that water, on grounds that it threatens the natural habit of moon creatures known as lunar-tics.  This administation has been very protective of lunar-tics, and has actually employed some in the White House.

May 26, 2011