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Unambiguous Evidence of Water On the Moon

Nethemas the Great writes "Information has leaked ahead of the scheduled NASA press conference tomorrow that we have found unambiguous evidence for water on the moon. From the article, 'Since man first touched the moon and brought pieces of it back to Earth, scientists have thought that the lunar surface was bone dry. But new observations from three different spacecraft have put this notion to rest with what has been called "unambiguous evidence" of water across the surface of the moon.'"

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  1. great news by SkyMunky · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll be thirsty after the long ride.

    1. Re:great news by RuBLed · · Score: 3, Funny

      You'd be thirsty alright, but that is no moon.

    2. Re:great news by Ronald+Dumsfeld · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'll be thirsty after the long ride.

      Really?

      What they don't tell you is that the only reason there is water on the Moon is because Neil Armstrong needed a pee.

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    3. Re:great news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      at least we finally know why there were whalers on the moon!

    4. Re:great news by The+Grim+Reefer2 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'll be thirsty after the long ride.

      Really?

      What they don't tell you is that the only reason there is water on the Moon is because Neil Armstrong needed a pee.

      So that's where the Sea of Tranquility came from.

  2. No surprise by ctrl-alt-canc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since Apollo expedition brought back petrified wood from the moon, water was abundant there many years ago.

    1. Re:No surprise by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

      Be quiet or I'l send Buzz around.

    2. Re:No surprise by ciderVisor · · Score: 3, Funny

      Moon landing fake exposed !

      Our US readers might want to familiarise themselves with those alien creatures before replying.

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    3. Re:No surprise by TheRaven64 · · Score: 2, Funny
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  3. Re:Humanity to the Moon by Mr.+Roadkill · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope that the Indians are able to establish a lunar colony; they certainly have the expertise.

    The casinos might take off, that's a business that will attract customers no matter where you build one. If they've gone and bought Rotary Rocket's intellectual property, the ATV is certainly the right shape too. But there are precious few bison up there...

  4. Re:Humanity to the Moon by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    And here I was looking forward to eating a nice curry on the moon. I had the wrong Indians all along.

  5. Coming soon: by fauxhammer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whalers on the moon!

  6. The Future..... by IHC+Navistar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Snake Oil/Dietery Supplement salesmen from the future:

    "Lunar Water! Boosts your immune system! Eliminates Earthly toxins! Alleviates impotence, back pain, arthritis, digestive irregularity! Strengthens bones, teeth, and joints! BUT IT NOW! *ONLY* $250,000,000! Operators are standing by!

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  7. Yes Indeed, But Rocket Propulsion Sucks by Louis+Savain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great news indeed. Still, it's depressing to think that we're still using an ancient, dangerous, primitive and very expensive space transportation technology: rocket propulsion. One thing is sure; we'll never colonize the solar system with rockets at the rate we're going.

    But rejoice. Soon, a new form of transportation will arrive, one based on the realization that we are immersed in an immense ocean of energetic particles. This is a consequence of a reevaluation of our understanding of the causality of motion. Soon, we'll have vehicles that can move at tremendous speeds and negotiate right angle turns without slowing down and without incurring damages due to inertial effects. Floating cities, unlimited clean energy, earth to mars in hours, New York to Beijing in minutes... That's the future of energy and travel. Check it out.

    The Problem With Motion

    1. Re:Yes Indeed, But Rocket Propulsion Sucks by Louis+Savain · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, it would be nice, wouldn't it? But Rome was not built in one day. Have patience. Inertia can be ignored, even under extremely powerful acceleration, if every atom in the ship and its occupants are accelerated simultaneously and equally.

    2. Re:Yes Indeed, But Rocket Propulsion Sucks by Ant+P. · · Score: 4, Funny

      And then we can have magic flying hamburgers that zoom into your mouth when you give them the secret whistle!

    3. Re:Yes Indeed, But Rocket Propulsion Sucks by Cillian · · Score: 3, Funny

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  8. Re:Not enough by derGoldstein · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unlimited energy is available on the moon.

    They said that about earth. And look what happened with that.

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  9. Ice thinning by atomicstrawberry · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess that explains where all our arctic and antarctic ice caps have disappeared to then.

  10. Re:Not enough by SolitaryMan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Try to get some sleep than check again.

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  11. Re:Not enough by LordKronos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but good luck running your solar powered lunar water extraction system on a cloudy day.

  12. Re:Not enough by russotto · · Score: 4, Funny

    All your fantasies of hidden oceans and "water mining" won't change the fact that earth seems to be the only body in this system with anything more than sparse amounts of water and oxygen.

    Arthur C. Clarke's zombie is shambling over to your house chanting "Europa".