Ice Found on the Moon
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YJ02
Well Known GateFan
cool!
dibs on how long it takes Nestle to get up there and set up a bottling plant?
This is great that they have confirmed this, but it has long been theorized that there is ice at the northern poles of EVERY planetary body which is classified as "rocky" This includes the Jovian moons, Saturnian moons and any of the rocky moons or planets in any solar system. Even Venus is theorized to have CO2 ice at the pole: https://www.space.com/17850-venus-atmosphere-cold-layer.html
This is great they have found it physically, but we do not need more multi-million-dollar probes to find ice. How about we start trying to develop space suits to withstand space travel, more efficient propulsion systems, or start developing ways to inhabit the Moon? Why was so much money spent to go to the Moon in the 1970s, and we never went back?
YJ02
Well Known GateFan
Rockstar bottles water too?
you ever read about how much water NEstle pumps out of the great lakes and its watershed, filters it, bottles it and then calls it "good to go" for sale
so many ppl just assume that bottled water is held to some higher standard then tap or well water. Soda gets more inspections then bottled water. and all those damned bottles!!!!
you ever read about how much water NEstle pumps out of the great lakes and its watershed, filters it, bottles it and then calls it "good to go" for sale
so many ppl just assume that bottled water is held to some higher standard then tap or well water. Soda gets more inspections then bottled water. and all those damned bottles!!!!
PussyGalore
Meow
I absolutely hear what you're saying.
Finding water in space isn't a huge discovery, aren't comets composed of ice after all? We know it exists out there. Of course if we're going to build any kind of "settlement" on the moon, or elsewhere in space, finding water will be one of the key determinants of where those settlements get placed. But that's a given. We all know this.
What we really need to be focusing on are things like you said, space suits and living conditions in an enclosed low-G environment along with radiation shielding. These are HUGE hurdles we need to overcome if we are going to seriously colonize space, even if it's just the moon.
YJ02
Well Known GateFan
that whole ordeal was mainly a geo-political strategic one
with just a small nod to scientific and tech advancement
beat the Soviets..remember?
hey, at least we got Tang out of the deal
Jim of WVa
Well Known GateFan
Have you ever wondered why Budweiser is so enthusiastic about canning water for emergencies using their corporate beer canning operation? Could it be because Budweiser is not much different than fresh water? Maybe the flood victims would appreciate a light beer that was not too far from water?
Lord Ba'al
Well Known GateFan
Have you not heard the news that NASA is working on a lunar base (or was it lunar orbit?) that they would like to have operational by 2024?
And capitalism is the only reason these projects cost millions. In a Star Trek society these things would be free.
