Photo by Ron Garan, Space Shuttle astronaut.
Terra, and Luna. From Orbit.
October 22, 2011
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Lunar Geek: Is the Moon Too Wet?
May 27, 2011
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Photo art: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Science marches on. New studies of lunar material might call into question the collision theory of lunar formation. If a Mars sized object struck the Earth early in it’s history, then today’s Moon might be too wet.
It’s odd to think of the Moon as too wet, or indeed, to think of it as wet at all. Recent discoveries have indicated there is a lot of water there. Some very recent work has indicated, however, that the Moon may be too wet!
Apollo 11
July 20, 2010
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Watching it then, I expected Moon bases, space stations, and a mission to Mars by now. The politics of the 60’s and 70’s ended those dreams before they were enacted, and the promise of my future off the planet was stillborn. I’m still disgusted by the petty nonsense that ended those dreams, and replaced them with the chronically underfunded NASA programs that led to the Shuttle and International Space Station. While the ISS is a good thing to have, and I’m glad we did it, it was done for the wrong reasons and in the wrong way. The Space Station should have been a jumping off point for the Moon bases and Mars. We’re doing a lot of good research there, and it’s important, but it’s not what I was expecting.
I should have been writing this blog from my apartment at Luna City, instead of my couch in Visalia. Born too soon, I guess.
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