Water on the Moon
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25 gallons out of a mile-high plume? How could that possibly be extracted efficiently?
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I guess if you want to extract water you need energy and the only one available there is the sun. Maybe they will do it by evaporation or if its already collected just drill and pump it out.
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Water on the Moon, Water also found on Mars, also present on other places in our Solar system means that Carbon-Life could be more common than
expected in our neighbourhood since we have discovered earth-like extra-solar planets and complex molecules in interstellar environment.MALAISE
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@jaxcoffee said:
Can't fix things on this rock, why waste time and resources looking to go somewhere else.
You know why the dinosaurs became extinct? Because they had no space program.
The sun will die. We should be somewhere else.
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@tim said:
@jaxcoffee said:
Can't fix things on this rock, why waste time and resources looking to go somewhere else.
You know why the dinosaurs became extinct? Because they had no space program.
The sun will die. We should be somewhere else.
I always had a feeling that was what happen.
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Personally id be extremely surprised if the human race survived long enough to see the sun die. I mean we've only really been around for a few thousand years and we've already made a bit of a mess of the earth.
Considering the suns probably got a few billion years to go, i dont think the odds are great on being there to see it.
Wit regards to the original topic, its certainly an interesting development. Makes setting people up on the moon seem a lot more likely.
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I still see no point of a moon colony, if they need a hostile, inhabitable and harsh environment why not just put a base in Detroit, lot cheaper.
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@solo said:
I still see no point of a moon colony, if they need a hostile, inhabitable and harsh environment why not just put a base in Detroit, lot cheaper.
I could not agree more, I was watching PBS, apparently Detroit has well over 75 Sq Miles of space dedicated to structures that are uninhabitable, from former factories to houses. Whatever happened to urban renewal?
But we seem to find money to build this kind of stuff. (I found only one place to hang a painting)
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@remus said:
Personally id be extremely surprised if the human race survived long enough to see the sun die.
Maybe, maybe not. The sun is a big hunk o'star. It seems to be so quiet and stable. Until you know about some of the solar flares that have been tracked in recent years with devices like SOHO. One decent sized flare aimed straight at Earth would have a good chance of wiping us out. Could be on its way right now. Right.... no {fzzzzz No&%^carrier@####$@
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Given that the sun has another 5 billion years to go yet....whatever beings witness its end won't be human, even if they are our descendants. They'll be further removed from us than we are from bacteria. Darwinism in action.
As for the water; I could see that even a few hundred gallons could make quite a difference to a small colony. You don't need much...any more than you need much to keep your car engine cool...but it weighs a hell of a lot as payload, so any local water would be useful.
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