Hum Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 There are oases of water-rich soil that could sustain astronauts on the Moon, according to Nasa. Scientists studied the full results of an experiment that smashed a rocket and a probe into a lunar crater last year. The impacts kicked up large amounts of rock and dust, revealing a suite of fascinating chemical compounds and far more water than anyone had imagined. A Nasa-led team tells Science magazine that about 155kg of water vapour and water-ice were blown out of the crater. The researchers' analysis suggests the lunar regolith, or soil, at the impact site contains 5.6% by weight of water-ice. "That's a significant amount of water," said Anthony Colaprete, from the US space agency's Ames research centre. "And it's in the form of water-ice grains. That's good news because water-ice is very much a friendly resource to work with. You don't have to warm it very much; you just have to bring it up to room temperature to pull it out of the dirt real easy." And he added: "If you took just the 10km region around the impact site and say it had 5% water - that would be equivalent to about a billion gallons of water. I'm not saying that's what's there, but it just shows you that even at these small concentrations there's potential for lots of water." more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazhar Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Hmmm...so NASA plans to carry people on the moon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted October 23, 2010 Author Share Posted October 23, 2010 Hmmm...so NASA plans to carry people on the moon? Already people up there. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCordRm Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Hmmm...so NASA plans to carry people on the moon? You do realize that the overall objective is to colonize other planets at some point, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazhar Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 You do realize that the overall objective is to colonize other planets at some point, right? No. To learn more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdood Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 , for me to bottle and sell to celebrities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted October 24, 2010 Supervisor Share Posted October 24, 2010 Anyone want to start up a company to sell homeopathic moon water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCordRm Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Anyone want to start up a company to sell homeopathic moon water? As long as it doesn't turn into what happened after Desert Storm... some idiot was taking sand from Arizona and selling it online as being from the middle east. lol No. To learn more. The mysteries of life may, or may not, ever be answered. Colonizing other planets is a sure thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted October 25, 2010 Member Share Posted October 25, 2010 I wonder how NASA is planning on getting there to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalE Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 I wonder how NASA is planning on getting there to? Uh, rockets? That's how they did it 41 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Paliath Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 No. To learn more. If we don't look for other places we can live in, humanity will die out. At some point, slowly but surely I'm sure we'll start moving out of Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemf Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 If we don't look for other places we can live in, humanity will die out. At some point, slowly but surely I'm sure we'll start moving out of Earth. we will, its just a matter of time..... considering a few years ago we were still making "knives" from stone, we're deffo going places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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