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Moon May Have Once Had Water

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the also-i-may-once-have-had-whisky dept.

Smivs writes "US scientists have found evidence that water was held in the Moon's interior, challenging some elements of the theory of how Earth's satellite formed.The Moon is thought to have been created in a violent collision between Earth and another planet-sized object. Scientists thought the heat from this impact had vaporised all the water. But a new study in Nature magazine shows water was delivered to the lunar surface from the interior in volcanic eruptions three billion years ago. This suggests that water has been a part of the Moon since its early existence."

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  1. Jesse Jackson wants to castrate Obama!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    LOL, that's some party unity you moonbats have got going on there. My favorite is the classic non-apology apology, which is always qualified with something like, "I'm sorry IF you were offended," instead of "I'm sorry I said this." Translation: "I'm sorry that I got caught saying this on the record, but what came out of my mouth is in fact what's in my heart and mind."

  2. Re:Idaho may once had reading ability by quantumplacet · · Score: -1, Troll

    so he's funny for misreading the headline and then making an obnoxious comment about it, but I'm a troll for properly reading his post and making an obnoxious comment?

  3. One Day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Maybe one day,
      We will land on the moon for real
    and not a hoax from some sound stage in a desert in New Mexico , Nevada or California
    You get the point .
    Then they magically lost much of the Footage from the alleged landing

    Maybe the government knows that present day technology would reveal it as a hoax

    Now let's say an astronaut who supposedly landed on the moon, told the truth and said it was a hoax .
      Would the government kill him ?, discredit him ? Ruin his life ? or cancel his pension? or all of the above?

    I think any of the above threats would guarantee his silence,
    The bottom line is this
      Nobody can prove we ever set foot on the moon , It may be the grandest fictional movies of all time. an again ,much of that movie is Allegedly lost
    Then there is the sound.
      and much that isn't missing .

    but Now folks the last time I checked , since about the 1920's , sound and image were on the same film Why not the moon landing? , too many holes in their story .

    Could we have landed on the moon and man have set foot on it? Yes, but it boggles they mind that they cant prove it and allegedly lost much of what could prove or disprove it
    Then, It boggles the mindas to why we are not routinely going there today , Technology got better right?

    Water on the Moon?
    Just go there and don't give me any BS that we don't have the technology, If we went there in the 1960's- 70'sDont yu think tat we would be routinely doing it it today?
      Think about that!
    I think it's a Hoax , Water on the moon ? great, but we could have just went there
    and with Manned spacecraft , that is , if the whole moon landing wasn't BS