As you may remember, NASA recently crashed a multi-million dollar spaceship, on purpose, into the surface of the moon, essentially to see how big of a mess they could make. (And how cool of a job is that? I once accidentally damaged a printer toner cartridge at work. Got in all sorts of trouble.) Well, they’ve now looked through the debris and have announced they discovered water on the moon. And not just little dribbles, either. They found “a significant amount,” which since we’re talking about the moon, I’d say anything over about a teaspoon would qualify.

Naturally, NASA is frothing at the panties over this discovery. “We have a significant amount of excitement,” were their exact words. They say this is the first step towards creating colonies on the moon. They found “a significant amount” of water and now we’re talking colonization? I really don’t want to rain on their parade (another water reference!), but I would just like to point out that, while they may have found “a significant amount” of water, they also found “a complete lack” of oxygen. I mean, it’s great that people won’t be thirsty while they asphyxiate, but I’m not too sure that little concession is going to be much of a comfort to them.