Water on The Moon ...

[Arneb]

In "In the shadow of the Moon", Buzz Aldrin admits to takiung a leak while standing on the LM ladder just before jumping down to the footpad.

If we grant nthe possibility that their urine bags did rupture while on the moon, then yes, they DID the quintessentially American guy thing.

[Superluminal]

Well, one of the first things Neil and Buzz did after opening the hatch and starting down the ladder for that first historic footstep, was toss out a bag of poop.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5850.jpg

[KLA2]

Well, you got me with that one, Super. Shadows, everything perfect. But how could you fake the link?

Dammit, Jim, I'm just a simple country accountant. I don't understand this Photoshop and internet stuff. :?

[Enzo]

The old bag of poop trick.

They had planned to light it on fire then ring the LEM doorbell and hide, hoping someone would come out and see it and stomp out the fire. Tee hee. Unfortunately their matches wouldn't work.

[KLA2]

There is "lots of water" on the moon, NASA scientists reported Friday at a news briefing.

http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech ... n-the-moon

Still, if it was me, I'd take a full canteen ... :wink:

[KLA2]

And now this ...

For decades, the prevailing view of the moon was that it was dry. Then, two years ago, a NASA probe crashed into a deep crater near the moon’s south pole and confirmed large amounts of water ice within the shadows.

Meanwhile, measurements by an orbiting Indian spacecraft suggested that a veneer of water, generated by the bombardment of solar wind particles, covered much of the moon’s surface.

Now, scientists analyzing tiny fragments of hardened lava from long-ago lunar eruptions report that the fragments contain about as much water as similar magmas on Earth, meaning there’s plenty of water inside the moon, too: 100 times more than thought.

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/artic ... an-thought

This is good news. Probably. I think.

[azazul]

This is good news. Probably. I think.

I guess it depends on your opinion of manned space missions. I believe this means it is more feasible and desirable to have a moon base than previously believed.

Unless of course those scientists are making it all up just to get more funding.

[tubeswell]

But in the absence of a protective atmosphere that includes ozone, won't any water that is on, or in, the moon be contaminated with gamma radiation etc from billions of years of cosmic radiation, and therefore be practically unusable?

[azazul]

But in the absence of a protective atmosphere that includes ozone, won't any water that is on, or in, the moon be contaminated with gamma radiation etc from billions of years of cosmic radiation, and therefore be practically unusable?

No. Assuming we can extract the water from the rocks, it should be usable. I don't think the main uses would be consumption anyway. It would be to break it down into Hydrogen and Oxygen for rocket fuel. Then in theory we could launch rockets destined for any part of the solar system, but with just enough fuel to get to the moon. When they arrive at the moon, they fill up and continue on their journey.

[Blue Monster 65]

I believe this means it is more feasible and desirable to have a moon base than previously believed.

Great. There goes the neighborhood.

Sigh ... can't a guy be left alone ANYWHERE?!?! Sheesh!

[Enzo]

Giant sips are what you take
Water on the moon
I hope my canteen don't break
Water on the moon
We could drink for ever
Water on the moon
We could drink together
Water on, water on the moon