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Because the ice can only be in places which are absolutely dark. Any direct or reflected sunlight and the ice will sublimate. Most likely it is hidden under the surface or in narrow gaps between rocks.

Well if NASA can find entire buried settlements from space using Shuttle radar, which could only penetrate 2 meters, imagine what a more powerful radar could find.

I rather suspect that 2 feet below the surface there could be a lot of ice in a lot of places.

Its the ultimate non-renewable resource. Used once, if not captured and stored carefully its gone into space forever.
Stillsuits anyone?

I wonder whether, thanks to MTV, that's why Buzz Aldrin is so much better known than McCandless.

I'm glad you were good enough to mention the artists, since it seems they never get the recognition they deserve. Some of the artwork they produced for Atari is exceptional. Unfortunately, much of this work has disappeared, either thrown away or stolen by people at Atari. Among the creators of the "Atari look":

Cliff Spohn is a talented and sought after portraitist of real people, sports figures in particular.
http://www.artworkoriginals.com/JAAAAAOU.htm

Steve Hendricks also usually focused on portraiture and has created some of the most evocative and distinctive work to come out of Atari.
http://www.sundancecreative.com/

Rick Guidice often worked with NASA doing space illustration.
http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/view/search?q=Guidice&search=Search
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rick_Guidice
http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/advart.html

James Kelly is not just an artist, he was one of Atari's art directors for many years.
http://www.orangecountyfineart.com/kelly.htm
http://www.slideshare.net/aditaciobanu/james-kelly-painting-nx-power-lite-presentation

Bob Flemate is someone I unfortunately haven't found much information on. He worked on Atari arcade cabinets and created the marvelous Atari 400/800 Space Invaders cover art.
http://thenewgamer.com/content/archives/gamephemera_space_invaders_atari_400_800

George Opperman was one of Atari's first artists and art director, and is notable for designing the original, iconic, and difficult to reproduce Atari "fuji" logo. The logo is meant to resemble the letter "A" and represents two players facing each other with the Pong "net" between them.
http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=person&name=George+Opperman
http://www.cooganphoto.com/gravitar/cabinets.html

Hiro Kimura has had the honor of creating three US postage stamps.
https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10052&productId=10001795&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=&parent_category_rn=10000003&categoryId=10000028&top_category=10000003
http://www.virtualstampclub.com/images/flagcity.jpg
http://www.virtualstampclub.com/images/99chalk.jpg

Warren Chang was a staff artist at Atari for two years, starting in 1981. His beautiful work can be described as classical realism and has garnered several awards.
http://warrenchang.com/

thanks guys, posting this and now the hubble site is slashdotted!!! so now nobody gets to see the images until some other story (Britney Spears enrolls into MIT?) vectors the crowd away so us commoners can see hubble pictures.

I'm seeing the official NASA images just fine but MAST (Multimission Archive at STScI) put up an early mirror here if you need the full size images. These are only the press release images, I'm going to keep watching MAST for the full set but you have ftp info for these now here:

ftp archive.stsci.edu
logon as anonymous
cd /pub/sm4earlydata

Archive.org runs a really neat NASA images site that allows you to pick your favorites and make presentations or new montages with them. I'm not seeing the new images up on that yet but they will probably have them up soon.

This is a great example of sensationalized cherry-picked anecdotal evidence...which in reality means nothing. The picture showing ice was taken during an abnormal year. The ice melts away every year, usually in July. It took longer to melt in 2006 thanks in part to their being more than normal amounts of "multi-year" ice shoved down from the arctic that year.

Article (from AP): http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/372343/arctic_ocean_ice_crashes_on_alaska_shores/
Video (from NASA): http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~10~10~71195~176482:Ice-Surge-in-Barrow,-Alaska

Apollo 11 also had a 16mm film camera. You can even see Armstrong descending down the ladder and take that first step! Go here for footage:

http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/NVA2~17~17~59100~126533:APOLLO-11-16MM-ONBOARD-FILM

This is true HD footage! Well, not the above link of course, but if they scanned/will scan the 16mm film at 1080p...
Later missions took the 16mm DAC outside the LM, while on Apollo 11 it was only filming from within the LM (I think?)
Starting with Apollo 15, the video camera was upgraded and provided greatly enhanced picture quality.

The military and Nasa have always had a relationships; choosing astronauts from the ranks of the Air Force, for one. Obviously, the technology developed through the space program has military applications such as spy satellites and obviously a rocket that can put a man in orbit can just as easily deliver a multi-ton warhead to the other side of the planet. What worries me in this plan is shifting the focus from science to defense objectives.

While NASA has a long relationship with the military and shares plenty of technology, they are a civilian organization. I know that up until recently, NASA's mission was, "To understand and protect our home planet...", but the main focus has been to send interplanetary probes into the solar system, bust up comets and generally produce outstanding backgrounds for our desktops. Would this shift in leadership take more energy away from studying the nature of the universe, lofting the next generation of space telescopes and studying our planet from above? Under the military it seems more likely that NASA's goals would shift away from "understanding" and more to "protecting". I imagine this wold involve developing the next generation of anti-satellite and anti-anti-satellite weapons (despite the fact that earth orbit is supposed to be a weapons free zone).

What insight does the slashdot community have on this? Will shifting NASA to military control result in a more nimble and focused organization able to achieve the goal of putting a man on mars in the next 20 years, or will military research take precedence over science?

The crew of Skylab 4 used old food cans for their Christmas Tree. Here is an image from NASA image:
http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~7~7~35051~138918:Christmas-tree--created-by-Skylab-4
During the first gulf war in 1991, I seen Christmas trees made from old MRE bags.

Here is a picture from nasaimages.org taken by Eddie on the moon. Pretty hi-res. Can anyone spot any alien footprints?

This nice picture was taken by the veteran astronaut who recently claimed aliens exist. May be he saw something up there on the moon?

I really like this image showing the rover tracks leading back to the Apollo 14 Lunar Module "Antares".

Apollo 14 didn't have a rover.

Doesn't that automatically mean it's fake?

You are here

With the exception of the spacecraft we sent out, and RF from our radio and TV, everything about us is on that tiny little grain of sand

http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~5~5~20520~125573:Apollo-17-Astronaut-Training

Guy standing in the white Boeing suit, near right center edge of frame. Thanks heaps, NASA.

I really like this image showing the rover tracks leading back to the Apollo 14 Lunar Module "Antares".

Apollo 14 didn't have a rover. Those tracks would have been made by the MET (Modular Equipment Transporter).

The LRV was first flown on Apollo 15 and IMHO was about 1000 times more effective than working without a rover.

I found this...
"Irregular Moons Discovered Around Uranus"

'nough said...

I really like this image showing the rover tracks leading back to the Apollo 14 Lunar Module "Antares".

How anyone can look at this image in particular and claim the landings were faked is beyond me. It's a wonderful image, let's just hope we'll be back there soon to take more!

I just went there and already found this. I can't wait to find more.