First Water Found in Moon Rocks

July 9, 2008 -- A new analysis of Apollo 15 moon rocks has for the first time uncovered water locked up inside.

It's just a miniscule amount of the wet stuff -- not enough to sustain even a lunar cactus or to power any hydrogen jetpacks -- but the discovery does bolster hopes that there has always been water in moon rocks and perhaps some locked away as ice in the dark crannies of polar craters.

The discovery also overturns 40 years of studies which had failed to find the water and which led to the conclusion, drawn by most....

Cheers,
Suresh