The argument that the moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds water.
Secrets the moon has been holding, for perhaps billions of years, are now being revealed to the delight of scientists and space enthusiasts alike.
NASA today opened a new chapter in our understanding of the moon. Preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009 impacts into the permanently shadowed region of Cabeus cater near the moon’s south pole.
The impact created by the LCROSS Centaur upper stage rocket created a two-part plume of material from the bottom of the crater. The first part was a high angle plume of vapor and fine dust and the second a lower angle ejecta curtain of heavier material. This material has not seen sunlight in billions of years.
Source : [url]http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/prelim_water_results.html[/url]
BBC : [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8359744.stm[/url]
I think it is pretty cool. There could actually be life out there.
Edit : Why the clocks? It's all over the news.
[QUOTE=SharpyUK;18352647]The argument that the moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds water[/QUOTE]
Clever dog.
Was expecting Badage boys/Goatse
[QUOTE=Epidemick;18352680]Was expecting Badage boys/Goatse[/QUOTE]
So was I but I switched over to Sky News and it was there.
[B][I]What-er[/I][/B] discovery
It would be cool if we found some type of life up there. Wasn't there a theory at one point that the moon was formed from debris kicked up off the earth from meteor impacts? If this is the case, it makes sense that there'd be similar stuff up there as down here.
Awesome.
And now to construct the :dance::siren:[highlight]COSMIC MOON POOL[/highlight]:siren::dance:
like a month late, but still cool. my geology professor is involved in nasa and was telling us about it.
B-B-B-Back in Time.
I'm reserving the crater.
This isn't really surprising since Theia stiriking the earth created the moon, so earth materials = moon materials pretty much. What would be nice is finding life.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;18353220]B-B-B-Back in Time.[/QUOTE]
The article was published today.
[QUOTE=Waals Vander;18353047]like a month late, but still cool. my geology professor is involved in nasa and was telling us about it.[/QUOTE]
Not late at all. This is all over the BBC news channel and SKY news right now.
Why is this being rated late?
[QUOTE=Bengley;18353346]Not late at all. This is all over the BBC news channel and SKY news right now.[/QUOTE]
well then they're late. i guess i just knew because she told the class the day of and had to go to a conference about it.
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ive got the in on stuff
[QUOTE=XSarcYX;18353006]And now to construct the :dance::siren:[highlight]COSMIC MOON POOL[/highlight]:siren::dance:[/QUOTE]
With low gravity slip n' slide.
Let's put some trampolines on there. I'd pay anything to jump on a trampoline on the moon :holy:
[QUOTE=Dlaor;18354206]Let's put some trampolines on there. I'd pay anything to jump on a trampoline on the moon :holy:[/QUOTE]
Hey, If we get scuba gear, does that mean we don't need air? We'd already have it to swim in the water.
Didn't we already know the moon had frozen water at its poles? Or am I misreading and they found Liquid water?
[QUOTE=Themage;18356265]Didn't we already know the moon had frozen water at its poles? Or am I misreading and they found Liquid water?[/QUOTE]
That's mars
Anyone rating late doesn't know the difference between "NASA planning a mission to fly a rocket into the moon" and "NASA completed its mission and did in fact find water".
Today, the report could have easily been "NASA completed its mission and failed to find evidence of water" - the point is, no-one knew for sure until it was proved TODAY.
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