There Be Water on the Moon Captain!

NASA’s experiment to find water on the moon has turned out to be a “smashing” success! Sorry I couldn’t help myself.

The space agency aimed a rocket to the moon’s south pole, hoping to pick up ice and got more than they bargained for.

One researcher described this as the equivalent of “a dozen two-gallon buckets” of water.

Twenty four gallons from just one rocket? That could almost fill up a lunar jacuzzi. I can see the new spring break destination: the Moon!

Everybody’s happy, even Google. They changed their logo temporarily. Check out my screenshot:

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