Posted on 10/27/2020 9:54:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Regards,
I’m not sure how they get from “what may well be” and “might be” to “Now we know it is there”.
I hate when I get water in my clavius crater.
Why do you say that?
The odd part... This constant search for water on other planets. Other than water that has been peed out by astronauts in outer space, all the water that was on earth from the very beginning is still here.
Water doesn’t disappear. It turns into ice, but when the ice melts... What you have is water. It evaporates into the air, but then it turns back into water and falls back to earth as rain. We really do not need any more water. We have enough on earth to satisfy humanity until the end of humanity.
That’s why I find this need to find water so interesting... I guess the idea is that we can live on Mars or the Moon because there is water there. The question is... Once you have found heaven... Which happens to be on earth if you’re living in the right place... Why would you go anywhere else?
It has nothing to do with us needing water. It has everything to do with sustaining life not of earth.
R.A.Heinlein (1907-88) also posited water on (within) the Moon in his 1966 Novel, “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress” (Hugo Award 1967). Exiled convict settlers mine veins of water-ice for both human and agriculture. Agriculture is the source of necessary food for an overpopulated Earth under UN World Government. Good lesson in being at the top of a gravity well!
One of Heinlein’s best.
Arthur C Clarke (1917-2008) was a born Englishman of Minehead, Somerset, and started going to Ceylon (Colonial Name of Sri Lanka) in pursuit of avid SCUBA hobby and made it permanent in 1956. Other than his SF & science writing, he was RAF in WW2 and his 1945 proposal for permanent communication satellites in geostationary earth orbit (Clarke Orbit). Most famous of his works is "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) collaboration with Stanley Kubrick from his short story "The Sentinel" (1948).
I have wondered about this for many years. Thank you for describing it so well.
Within known science water, a molecule of Hydrogen and Oxygen, is absolutely necessary for building and sustaining all living things. We carry a miniature saltwater sea inside these bags of flesh, bone, and feces called our “bodies”. Along with Carbon, the solar system and galaxy seem to be awash in the stuff. Find water and you might find life.
His defenders try to hide it.
You "guess" right.
Putting the issue of "colonization" aside for a moment...
If scientists ever want to establish a long-term base on either the Moon or Mars, it would be VERY, VERY convenient to be able to tap local sources of water. Besides needing drinking water, there's also a need for water for purposes of, e.g., irrigation. Because how could you possibly establish a self-sustaining, long-term research station on either the Moon or Mars without growing your own food?
Water can also be subjected to electrolysis to produce breathable O2.
Water could also be used either as an inert propellant (heated by nuclear energy to produce steam), or as a feedstock for various other industrial purposes.
The possibilities are endless...
Regards,
We have been to the Moon. We have brought back some of the Moon and analyzed it. We found nothing, nada, zilch. Get over it.
Arthur C. Clarke was an ENGLISH author who MOVED from the UK to Sri Lanka
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.