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Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Cydonia2012
They detected the spectrographic signature of water. It may have been ice particles or water vapor.
Liquid water cannot exist on the surface of the Moon.
[edit on 11/13/2009 by Phage]
Originally posted by bargoose
so, at a cost of tens of millions of dollars, they have found water on the moon. Well there is oceans of the stuff right here on earth! What a load of bloody nonsense. As far as "oh we might be able to colonise the moon now" is concerned, well once we have learned to live peacefully on this planet, maybe then think about elsewhere.We can't even get it right on
earth.
Just as in the sixties, at a cost of billions, they brought back...... some moon dust. Great.
"The rocket was followed four minutes later by a spacecraft equipped with cameras to record the impact which sent a huge plume of material billowing up from the bottom of the crater, untouched by sunlight for billions of years."
Originally posted by grantbeed
I really cant believe it took them this long to find it. After having man on the moon during the 60's and 70's now its 2009 and theyve just found this out???
the significance is with GW Bush saying he wants us back on the moon. THere have always been talks of moon colonisation, atleast since the early 50's. THe only way to make a sustainable base is by having at the very least water for both drink, and rocket fuel. Water being in the craters means we can in fact achieve a rudimentary base camp for permanent stay. What else we do up there is, I guess, not our business?
Originally posted by berrygurrl
reply to post by buddhasystem
So, now that NASA knows that there is water on the moon, can you or someone please explain to me why they are in talks of building a space station on the moon now that they know there is a significant amount of water??
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by kleverone
You understand that the instrument on the Indian spacecraft, the one that detected evidence of water, was provided and operated by NASA. Right?