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All three newscasts reminded us of the flub last month when NASA's ballyhooed LCROSS probe failed to produced its promised plume of dusty debris as it crashed into a lunar crater at 3,500 mph. Well the plume did exist. It was visible only by scientific instruments. Now all three newscasts--Ned Potter on ABC, Daniel Sieberg on CBS, Tom Costello on NBC--publicized the claim by NASA's astronomers that their readings found large quantities of ice. That means hydrogen and oxygen that might be used by astronauts for fuel, air and drink. NBC's Costello punned that finding frozen water "has only whet the appetite for a return trip to the moon" even as he poured cold water, as it were, on the idea. The Human Space Flight Review Committee has concluded that NASA's moon travel plan for 2020 is "unrealistic, underfunded by at least $3bn per year."
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