Andrea Thompson: Space correspondent?

[David E. Powell]

Just asking because I saw a report on NASA's find of "significant
amounts" of water on the Moon, and the credit was given to Andrea
Thompson.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33912611/ns/technology_and_science-space

<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33912611/ns/technology_and_science-space>

Just wondering if that is someone else, or Andrea Thompson the
actress, who moved into the news profession a few years ago.

[Donald Arseneau]

On Nov 13, 5:53 pm, "David E. Powell" <David_Powell3...@msn.com>
wrote:

I think it is a different, younger, Andrea Thompson:

http://journalism.nyu.edu/prospectivestudents/coursesofstudy/serp/alumni.html

[Andrew Swallow]

David E. Powell wrote:
> Just asking because I saw a report on NASA's find of "significant
> amounts" of water on the Moon, and the credit was given to Andrea
> Thompson.
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33912611/ns/technology_and_science-space

When you read through the type the Moon is a desert. In Sci-Fi terms
'Dune' not 'Waterworld'.

[quote]
Based on the measurements, the team estimated that there was about 220
pounds (100 kilograms) of water in the view of their instruments, which
took in the area of the impact crater (about 80 feet or 20 meters
across) and the ejecta blanket (about 200 to 260 feet across, or 60 to
80 meters), Colaprete said. That amount of water is roughly the
equivalent of a *dozen 2-gallon* buckets.

"I'm pretty impressed by the amount of water we saw in our little
20-meter crater," Colaprete said.

{snip}
This water finding doesn't mean that the moon is wet by Earth's
standards, but is likely wetter than the driest deserts on Earth,
Colaprete said. And even this small amount is valuable to possible
future missions, said Michael Wargo, chief lunar scientist for
Exploration Systems at NASA Headquarters.
[/quote]

Andrew Swallow