Briefs: Lunar science rising; Lunar water excitement

Dennis Wingo discusses the recent lunar water revelations and how they point to a coming bonanza in lunar science, especially once rovers begin exploring the surface: The Importance of Lunar Water - SpaceRef - Sept.27.09.

The bottom line in all of this is that anyone who thinks that we know enough about the Moon, does not know enough about the Moon to give that opinion. At three days away, the Moon is far more accessible to science and exploration than Mars and the papers that came out in science this week simply indicate that the more that we learn about the Moon, the friendlier it is for science and exploration.

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Peter Diamandis is certainly excited about these discoveries: Gold Rush on the Moon - Peter Diamandis Blog/Huffington Post - Sept.27.09

Posted 09/28/09 | 02:22:59 by TopSpacer | Filed under: The Moon

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Hey, Dennis is not the only one with some relevant words about the water discovery. From my new issue of "The Lurio Report,"

"The discovery also reminds us that the Moon is _big_ and may be the home of multiple, heterogeneous (and useful) features with natures unknowable without probes on the spot. For example, I’d like to see exploration of lava tubes, which could be very large due to the low gravity and should provide humans with protection from cosmic radiation without needing to move large amounts of rock and regolith . Let’s also recall that the lunar farside remains untouched by any human object....

"Finding detailed answers to questions about the presence of water, and to other questions as yet unknowable, cries out for the kind of low cost, innovative robotic probe capabilities that we all hope can emerge from the Google Lunar X-Prize (GLXP) competition. "

Posted by Charles Lurio at 09/28/09 03:35:58

So let's build a lunar base right away!

Pass some of that koolaide around, folks!

I need to wash down this dogma cracker.

Posted by Dogma Watch at 09/28/09 09:05:27

"So let's build a lunar base right away! Pass some of that koolaide around, folks!
I need to wash down this dogma cracker."

Nobody is saying a lunar base is possible "right away", nimrod. Only that the water will expedite the process when the time comes to do so.

Posted by Rick Boozer at 09/28/09 14:00:52

"Nobody is saying a lunar base is possible "right away", nimrod."

Up until a couple of months ago, NASA was saying just that. How delusional is that?

Your lips and tongue are purple.

Posted by Reality Base at 09/28/09 14:35:49

"Up until a couple of months ago, NASA was saying just that. How delusional is that?"

Really? They were talking "no later than 2020" at the earliest as far a I can remember (see The NASA Authorization Act of 2005). That's hardly "right away". Not that I'm defending Constellation. Given this documented fact, who's really delusional? Someone's lips and tongue may be purple, but they aren't mine.

I'm going to quit responding to your ridiculous assertions. Especially since you don't have enough courage to post without a pseudonym.

Posted by Rick Boozer at 09/28/09 15:12:48

"Really? They were talking "no later than 2020"

That should have been your first hint.

Can't get to the space station after the shuttle, but they're gonna build a MOON BASE! They can call it 'Fantasy Base'.

I still can't believe that you schmucks have lapped this crap up since 2004.

Posted by Reality Base at 09/29/09 03:31:55

"I still can't believe that you schmucks have lapped this crap up since 2004."

God, you are dumb! This is an alt-space blog, not a pro-NASA blog! Most of the people who visit this website have been saying the NASA timeline for returning to the moon was unrealistic from the beginning. If you had been to this site in years past you would know that Rick is one of the people that has been saying the NASA Constellation program couldn't do it all along! You need to go to a pro-NASA blog if you want to address the "schmucks" of which you speak.

Posted by SpaceAdvocate at 09/29/09 08:50:19

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