You may have missed the news this week that NASA decided to bomb the moon.Supposedly they're looking for water or ice. Didn't they already allegedly find evidence that there had been water on the moon, like an empty swimming pool or something? Do we not have enough water here on earth that they have to go looking on other celestial bodies? I would think with the ice caps melting that we would have plenty of H2O, if not this minute certainly in the near future.
There were supposed to be pictures as these spacecraft slammed into the lunar surface, but of course there weren't. I'm no scientist, but I would think if you put cameras on spacecrafts and then slam them into the moon they're liable to break. Just a guess on my part.
Now I don't know how much it cost to pull off this stunt, but the question that begs to be asked is "Why?" Do we not have enough things on earth to blow up?
Sorry, but I still maintain there is nothing quite as worthless as our 'space program' except maybe nipples on men.
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They were trying to prove that there is water-ice in the permanently shadowed craters at the poles of the moon. The blast was analyzed by instruments on a following spacecraft, satellites around the moon and earth, and many telescopes in Hawaii and the USA west coast. We are waiting for the results of the analysis!
If there is enough water-ice on the moon it can be used by future astronauts for a number of things including splitting the H2O into oxygen, and hydrogen for rocket fuel. A mission to Mars would be easier to launch from the Moon, mainly because of its lower gravity. Also, water is heavy - so it's not easy to transport it from Earth.
Scientists and authors maintain that space travel could be necessary some time in the future in order to ensure the continuity of the human race. The environment on Earth might not always be suitable for humans. Future generations will thank us for developing the necessary technology.
Oh, I have two of the those worthless things on my chest! Funny how the males of other species don't have them...
-- Peter (aka Que)
Que, I appreciate your efforts to educate me, excluding the fact that we are both bewildered by apparatus on men that seem to serve no purpose.
I'm not a proponent of space travel, but that's just me. I think we need to attend to some things here first instead of spreading human insanity to other planets.
Cheers!
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