NASA Drops The Ball With Its Own "Exciting" News – Again (Update)

Keith’s 28 October update: I posted the following question to Jim Bridenstine at the AAS von Braun Symposium today: “NASA announced the presence of water on sunlit portions of the Moon. To use it ISRU will be required. Why has NASA not been talking about its extensive ISRU technology research in the wake of this announcement?” Bridenstine replied “Keith is right on. We need to put a focus on that. We formed the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium and brought in expertise from outside NASA … NASA may or may not have all the answers so we’re bringing people in from outside.” He then went through a long list of technologies needed to do ISRU on the lunar surface.
Keith’s 27 October note: Last week NASA started to hype an “exciting” announcement about the Moon (that’s the word they used). OK – so yesterday’s news more or less passes the “exciting” threshold. So – what does NASA do to follow up on the importance of this discovery to “sustainable” lunar presence that Jim Bridenstine talks about? Nothing. They had a week to dig up follow-on stories and contributing research and present them so as to build upon this news. But nevermind – that would suggest that NASA has a consistent whole-agency strategy for this whole Artemis thing.
Lunar ISRU 2019: Developing a New Space Economy Through Lunar Resources and Their Utilization Workshop Report
“Background: The United States has an ambitious plan to get humans to the Moon to stay and to get humans to Mars. Technologies to extract and process lunar resources still need to be demonstrated but architectures that make use of these resources will lead to eventual sustainability, even if initially the “resources” need to be brought from Earth. Care must be taken to not accept architectures that preclude future use of ISRU resources in order to meet early mission goals.”
– Looks Like The Moon Has Water All Over The Place, earlier post
– “Exciting” Moon News. More Water?, earlier post