New Mexico scientists hope to find water on the moon. They’ve sent a water locator aboard the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Lunar Prospector, launched recently from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The craft, part of NASA’s new Discovery Series, is expected to map the moon during the next year. Los Alamos scientist and project leader Bill Feldman said a water discovery could bring on a lunar land rush in the next century. If water exists and can be tapped, he said, it could help sustain life for to-be-settled lunar colonies and produce hydrogen for rocket fuel.
U.S. Water News, February 1998