Ben Bova: Far-ranging civilization springs from moon’s water

Ben Bova
NaplesNews.com

Hundreds of years from now, when historians write about the year 2009, what will they consider to be the most significant event of the year just passed?

I don’t think it will be politics or social change or war, pestilence or artistic styles. The most important event of 2009 is the confirmation that there is abundant water on the moon.

You don’t believe that? Let me draw you a brief history of the next few hundred years.

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