Moon gas could meet earth's future energy demands: scientists

SpaceDaily ^ | 11/26/2004 | Agence France-Presse

[cogitator]

First you have to get past the phrase "moon gas".

Then you have to get past the capability of processing 200 million tonnes of lunar soil.

Far-fetched???

[billorites]

First you have to get past the phrase "moon gas".

Then click Here.

[cogitator]

Don't you hate it when that happens?

[OpusatFR]

Not to mention the costs of transportation!

[exile]

My moon has plenty of gas.

Rimshot

[anniegetyourgun]

Then click here.

[cogitator]

Thanks for that link to the earlier thread. I rarely read the Hindustan Times.

[Libertarian4Bush]

But that would belittle the name of our Moon, which is the Moon.

[anniegetyourgun]

Then you don't know what you're missing....

[SC Swamp Fox]

Taylor said, noting that only 10 kilos of helium are available on earth.

Can this statement be correct? I know that each atom of helium has a very small mass when compared to other gases, but this just doesn't sound right.

[LibertarianInExile]

"Moon gas could meet earth's future energy demands: scientists"

Then you have to get past the awkward construction of this headline, which makes me think we'll be refining moon gas to get scientists as fuel for our power plants.

[Centurion2000]

The atmosphere of Saturn has a LOT more .... and it would be easier to process it.

[Gerasimov]

LOL ... I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets a good laugh out of misplaced modifiers and poor sentence structure.

[hsrazorback1]

What? No pic of Michael Moore yet?

[montag813]

Why go to the moon for gas when we have an ample supply right here on earth...

[Squantos]

One more reason that herman miller sheep pens don't have a roof !

[LibertarianInExile]

I'm not so anal that it is something up with which I will not put. :)

At least, I understand that there is such a thing as common colloquial English. But I do think that there needs to be real improvement in grammar instruction.

[FreedomCalls]

Can this statement be correct?

I don't think it can be. It could mean Helium3. Helium itself is a byproduct of natural gas production. Do you know we have a Strategic Helium Reserve? It was created in 1925 and was supposed to be used to fill the Navy's dirigibles in time of war. Like all government programs it never died.

[hadaclueonce]

First is was the shrinking Ozone layer to justify NASA's budget, now we want Moon Gas. Hmmmm...