Posted on 11/03/2010 6:17:55 PM PDT by KevinDavis
After a year of analysis of its LCROSS lunar-impact probe mission to the moon, NASA has announced the discovery of up to a billion gallons of frozen water – known to many as “ice” – in the floor of a south-pole crater permanently in shadow. They also found silver, carbon monoxide and mercury.
The discovery could not have come at a more opportune time for NASA, which in recent years has begun to list as aimlessly as a ship with no sails. With the discovery of lunar water comes an onrush of possibilities; bloggers and journalists the world over are already speculating about manned moon bases, the first extraterrestrial mining mission and even encountering new forms of life, a key element of which is, after all, water. While the latter may not necessarily imply the former, it’s certainly a hell of a notion to hold on to for the time being.
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Let us send unmanned missions first to deliver habitats and equipment for a small outpost for a longer mission.
Today is Jim Robinsons’ birthday..If you haven’t donated to FR, today would be a good day to give.
What about the Muslims?
Let us send unmanned missions first to deliver habitats and equipment for a small outpost for a longer mission.
Silly. NASA’s job is reaching out to the Muslim world.
I thought the aliens who are mining on the dark side of the moon told us not to come back.
No..Lets get out of debt..in ten years if we have a surplus and we can see the federal governmrnt is under control, all debt is gone, then we will see what is more prudent for our society..
The United States is bankrupt. I guess these scientists have not noticed.
Obama can man the shuttle! Bring hope and change to the moon and beyond!!!
You can obtain private funding by giving industry a 110% tax deduction for every $1.00 spent on space related products.
Exxon pays for the ET and it's flown into orbit where it can be used as a tank farm for fuel flown into space. for the earth lunar highway. Fedex or UPS would fund the tug vehicle to drag material to and from the moon.
Earthly enterprise will take us to the Moon and Beyond. As the National Space Society would say,
"Ad Astra" y'all!
Hear, hear!
What do the others call it?
“NASA has announced the discovery of up to a billion gallons of frozen water – known to many as “ice”
“What do the others call it?
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Tang
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