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Friday, June 22, 2012
 
PopSci: Plenty of Ice Awaits Future Moon Settlers at South Pole Crater
PopSci: Plenty of Ice Awaits Future Moon Settlers at South Pole Crater
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-06/plenty-ice-awaits-future-moon-settlers-south-pole-crater

Ars Technica: Sorry, future Moon colonists—not much ice at the south pole
http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/06/sorry-future-moon-colonists-not-much-ice-at-the-south-pole

For some people enough is never enough. They always want more more more. That's why communism wasn't built by 1980, as Khrushchev promised in 1961 [1]. By that time "his need" was fully satisfied, as envisioned in 1961, it grew beyond all reason. I am looking straight at you, Ars.

Bananarama - More More More

NASA: Researchers Estimate Ice Content of Crater at Moon's South Pole
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/crater-ice.html

pi*21e3^2*1e-6*.22=304 metric tons of water at least. Could be much more, because the laser can measure only to a depth comparable to its wavelength, or about a micron.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism_in_20_years
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Нынешнее_поколение_советских_людей_будет_жить_при_коммунизме
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/crater-ice.html

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