It's Official: Water Found on the Moon

[mArKhAo]

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.

The new findings, detailed in the Sept. 25 issue of the journal Science, come in the wake of further evidence of lunar polar water ice by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and just weeks before the planned lunar impact of NASA's LCROSS satellite, which will hit one of the permanently shadowed craters at the moon's south pole in hope of churning up evidence of water ice deposits in the debris field.

The moon remains drier than any desert on Earth, but the water is said to exist on the moon in very small quantities. One ton of the top layer of the lunar surface would hold about 32 ounces of water, researchers said. 

"If the water molecules are as mobile as we think they are — even a fraction of them — they provide a mechanism for getting water to those permanently shadowed craters," said planetary geologist Carle Pieters of Brown University in Rhode Island, who led one of the three studies in Science on the lunar find, in a statement. "This opens a whole new avenue [of lunar research], but we have to understand the physics of it to utilize it."

Finding water on the moon would be a boon to possible future lunar bases, acting as a potential source of drinking water and fuel.



http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090923-moon-water-discovery.html






nasa icon to ng google ngaun... pansin nyu din ba?

[mArKhAo]

NASA: Water Found in Moon Crater

[rdpzycho]

yup. after ng Sesame Street.

[Google]

maiinom kaya yung water dyan

[mArKhAo]

hehe, baka may life don ah... my tubig kasi

my nabasa ako, sa europa, my tubig din daw,

[rdpzycho]

'yung Europa ang iniisip nilang most probably may life, pero malamang katulad nung sa deep ocean natin. based sa observations ata nung fly bys, may mga phenomenon na 'di pwedeng mag-exist kung 'yung icy crust niya e solid hanggang sa bato. kaya ang conclusion nila malamang salty water at may iron core.

dahil similar din ang conditions sa deep ocean natin (walang sunlight pero may tubig at volcanic emissions), ang guest nila posibleng may life sa Europa.

[insomartin]

mars? meron din water right?
hindi ko lang alam is kung mabubuhay tayo in low gravity.
parang diamonds na kung i haharvest yung water sa moon. 1 ton = 32 ounces
ewan ko lang kung gaano kalaki yung solar panels na iinstall nila pra lang sa tubig MINING.

[rdpzycho]

ang maganda sa low gravity kapag lasing na lasing ka, 'di pa rin masakit madapa.

[insomartin]

malas mo lang kung mag in-ORBIT ka sa kalasingan mo... malamang pag gising mo nsa ibang planeta kna or sa kabilang side nang mundo...

[rdpzycho]

 

[insomartin]

di bale si danny... di lulutang yun kahit walang gravity.  baka kapitan pa nang asteroids.

[jeje-BUSTER]

ang alam ko ni-clarify yun ng mga scientists sa discovery channel..

liquid body found on other planetary bodies does not necessarily mean it is water. although there is a possibility that it is.. It could also be liquified gases like methane and other poisonous gases on earth..

napatunayan din nila na pwedeng mag exist ang life forms kahit sa environment na walang oxygen and extreme conditions..

i stand to be corrected..

[rdpzycho]

^ yup. madalas din sa naked science sa Nat Geo.

may mga experiments din na malaki ang chances na magkaroon ng lifeform sa volcanic activity. nakakagawa na kasi sila ng amino acids sa laboratory using heat and elements present sa mga planets na iniisip nating walang life.

tulad nga ng sabi sa Naked Science, nagulat sila ng makakita ng life sa Deep Ocean dahil ang unang iniisip lang ng mga scientists ay kailangan ng sunlight para mabuhay. malamang ganoon din ang magiging reaction nila kung makakakita ulit ng life sa other extreme condition.

[danny]

 

[0b00000111]

ipadala na lang si gigz at 6.99 doon, at tignan kung mabubuhay nga sila doon

[rdpzycho]

first impakta to walk on the moon.

[0b00000111]

si 6.99 mag mo moon-walk, si sis gigz moon-giling

[rdpzycho]

wala pa rin namang gumigiling sa moon. pwede pa ang bagon record.

[danny]

bwahahahaha

[beginner wan]

ang maganda sa low gravity kapag lasing na lasing ka, 'di pa rin masakit madapa.

 

pag mababa na ang gravity, makakapag-dunk nako.. hehehe..