Live press conference going on CNN for all you space buffs...
http://www.cnn.com/...
Apparently, the find is 'significant'. They are attempting to explain how and what they found.
http://www.ktvu.com/...
Just weeks after NASA's L-CROSS mission analyzed a plume of debris generated by the impact of a satellite into a crater on the moon's south pole, NASA scientists will announce that the findings suggest the presence of frozen water at the site of impact.
http://www.reuters.com/...
Anyway, I love stuff like this - so, I thought I'd share. Sorry the diary is so short, but I wanted people to get a chance to view for themselves...
I will update with relevant information, and if you have something to add, let me know and I'll credit you with it...
GlowNZ has added some photos in the comment section and coloradocomet informs us that NPR's Science Friday is covering this, as well. "It's their first story".
NPR's link is here:
http://www.npr.org/...
NASA says a spacecraft that purposely slammed into the moon has turned up evidence of water.
Scientists have been analyzing a mile-high plume of debris kicked up by the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite last month after it crashed into a crater near the moon's south pole.
From CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/...
Anthony Colaprete said at the start of his comments to reporters, "Indeed, yes, we found water."
"The discovery opens a new chapter in our understanding of the moon," NASA said in a written statement.