Bigelow Aerospace & NASA Consider Moon Base

chances are NASAs got it in mind to tie the lunar hab in with the asteroid capture mission if they can- quarters w/ grav in the neighborhood of where theyre gonna park it. And if the mission is successful as we all hope it will be, theres a good chance that either NASA or Planetary Resources or some competitor will be hurrying to rinse and repeat. Chances are good that at least one of the first few smples will be a carbonaceous chondrite that may have substantial amounts of water ice in its makeup, or maybe an old cometary mass. Either would go a long way to making up any deficits in water at moonbase.
From: brooksn
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 4:58 AM
To: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [spacesettlers] Re: Bigelow Aerospace & NASA Consider Moon Base

We are likely to be ok for water on the lunar poles, extremely dry otherwise though. Mars likely won't be a problem, lots of evidence for water, just need to find the current locations. The solar system is very full of water. Lots of icey moonlets passed the 'snow line' as well as defunct comets floating about.
Brooks

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