Comments on: Water, Water Everywhere, on the Moon…

By: heyRalph

heyRalph — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:59:19 +0000

March 30, 1867. Russia sells Alaska to the United States for a purchase price of $7.2 million. That is roughly 1.9¢ per acre.
The sale was termed “Stewart’s Folly”. It was mocked as a waste of money, and it was labeled a big mistake. Possibly the US could carve-up and sell Alaska at today’s prices to finance our purchase in the moon futures market.
Through a lens of history: What is up there? And what future value may we receive from going there? Please tell me we truly know these things.

By: new life cleanse

new life cleanse — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:09:50 +0000

Water on moon is really a good discovery of mankind on Earth. Now we can send human to moon on long missions as a plenty of water is there for their survival on moon. Moreover we can generate energy on moon from hydrogen obtained from water also.

By: cicclinton

cicclinton — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:57:49 +0000

This may seem ridiculous, but what about science purely for the sake increasing the wealth of human knowledge? Not every discovery HAS to have an immediate practical financial application. Sometimes it’s pretty cool just to learn something new about the universe we live in.

By: K. Daraa

K. Daraa — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:33:41 +0000

As with the “Age of Discovery”, 200 years of exploration for new trade routes from the 15th to the 17th century that ushered in the modern era, exploration of space will be driven by commercial interests, if at all. What do we want from space? What tangible commercial benefits? When those questions are answered, or even a glimmer of hope for commercial gain appears, then capital and efforts will be expended. So far, the commercial benefits of private space travel appear to be as sort of an expensive carnival ride, for bored, rich people.

By: I_SupportNASA

I_SupportNASA — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:25:00 +0000

Great! We find out where all the water on the moon is, and now we will no longer have a space vehicle to get there. I guess we can always obtain water from the moon through our Chinese friends via their space programs to the moon. Of course, the Chinese will need the moon water to get them to Mars.

By: weider x factor

weider x factor — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:24:51 +0000

Yeah!! moon is a good destination for us to build homes there as plenty of water is there to generate energy from hydrogen and for drinking purposes as well. This is really great!!

By: Blackie

Blackie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:28:32 +0000

Alex have you ever been around an oil field? It is aweful what is left after
they are done extracting the crude.
Destroying the environment in South Texas is one thing..I live here and have worked in the business. Alaska and some of our more fragile coastal area is something else.
Keeping corporations from ruining ground water supplies or leaving lakes of oily mud are not kooky ideas.
The moon is a place where science,
tourism, and national pride can keep
America on top, not dreaming of the
good old days, the way the Russians are
now.

By: alex

alex — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:25:22 +0000

Phil, Remember, if we were looking at a new Saudi oil field, there would be a bunch of environmental kooks campaining to keep us from drilling because we might harm the fragile environment. Maybe we could launch Al Gore to the moon to see if it is warming as well…
You are all looking for logic where there is only progressive liberalism..wake up and smell the revolution….

By: morethanpolite

morethanpolite — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:52:11 +0000

There is one reason that so many countries are rushing to get to the moon and it isn’t water although that will help. It’s Helium 3 which may prove to be the thing that makes fusion a viable energy source. To those claiming this is a waste of money, would you say that if we were looking at a new Saudi oil field that was just waiting for someone to claim it? Small thinking leads to nothing.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:38:34 +0000

A base on the moon is where it’s at. The space station was good practice on how to do it but it is the short term vision. We need to build a base on the moon. That’s thinking for the future.