From Monday headlines:
Science Magazine
By Jeanna Bryner
updated 3:04 p.m. PT, Fri., Nov . 13, 2009
Hopes, dreams and practical plans to colonize or otherwise exploit the moon as a source of minerals or a launch pad to the cosmos got a boost today with NASA's announcement of significant water ice at the lunar south pole.
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Rephased in Supernova terms:
A GEO of the moon Sol 3a shows a Water resource level of over 300!
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Started by tigeriith, Nov 15 2009 10:43 PM
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Posted 15 November 2009 - 10:43 PM
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Posted 17 November 2009 - 07:34 PM
Hopes, dreams and practical plans to colonize or otherwise exploit the moon were thrown into disarray after NASA's announcement of significant water ice at the lunar south pole. A rag tag group of individuals using aliases such as MM, Hobknob, Lord Dependra, Flagritz, and many others all stepped forward claiming they had GEO'd the moon first, had the PDF's to prove it, and thus owned the rights to any resources. The issue is expected to languish in the courts for decades...... 
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Posted 18 November 2009 - 06:00 PM
WKE235, on Nov 18 2009, 12:34 PM, said:
Hopes, dreams and practical plans to colonize or otherwise exploit the moon were thrown into disarray after NASA's announcement of significant water ice at the lunar south pole. A rag tag group of individuals using aliases such as MM, Hobknob, Lord Dependra, Flagritz, and many others all stepped forward claiming they had GEO'd the moon first, had the PDF's to prove it, and thus owned the rights to any resources. The issue is expected to languish in the courts for decades......
I'm prepared to settle out of court.
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Posted 18 November 2009 - 09:06 PM
Water ice? I thought it was ICE 1, 2 or 3, thousands of tons of the stuff! Far more significant.
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Life goes on, then one day it doesn't. The rest is just there to keep things interesting. (a Breoghanism)
The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth. The Rest of Us are going to the Stars. (dunno who said it, but I like his thinking!)
Quoth a foe, "Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him" (Yep!)
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Posted 19 November 2009 - 03:25 PM
Breoghan, on Nov 18 2009, 09:06 PM, said:
Water ice? I thought it was ICE 1, 2 or 3, thousands of tons of the stuff! Far more significant.
Nope. If it were that, the Moon would probably have turned into a solid sphere of Light Metals by now.
Either that or a giant cream filled snack cake.
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Posted 19 November 2009 - 09:10 PM
"...giant cream filled snack cake" - yeah, that's all well and good, but how do you 'harvest' this resource? (And why do I get the impression you haven't had the best of luck with ICE?)
Breoghan
Life goes on, then one day it doesn't. The rest is just there to keep things interesting. (a Breoghanism)
The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth. The Rest of Us are going to the Stars. (dunno who said it, but I like his thinking!)
Quoth a foe, "Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him" (Yep!)
Life goes on, then one day it doesn't. The rest is just there to keep things interesting. (a Breoghanism)
The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth. The Rest of Us are going to the Stars. (dunno who said it, but I like his thinking!)
Quoth a foe, "Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him" (Yep!)
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