The Last Homely House
General => Council of Cobra => Topic started by: MR. Lurtzy on November 13, 2009, 02:37:00 PM
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NASA, a few hours ago, finally confirmed that there is water on the moon, and possibly a significant amount.
Who knew those rockets would actually find anything?? =D>
Full Story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091113/ts_afp/sciencespaceusmoon)
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So you volunteering to move up to the moon then? :lol:
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Heck I'd go.
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do they have free health care up there? :P
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lol, well done legolas have some gold
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See, I knew all these water conservation things were ridiculous. We can just import it from the moon!
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do they have free health care up there? :P
LoL! Good one. considering the tens of millions it cost to find water on a part of the moon people can't go... I'd say it may not be free. :)
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well yeah i mean all that space stuff is cool and all but is it really worth the billions of dollars put into it?
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Technology is the future. It will create jobs and add some measure of security to a nation. To remain strong this is how any nation, and certainly the U.S., needs to invest in it's future. The bigger debate is if the space program is the best investment. I'm not sure on that but it does carry a higher level of prestige. I've always thought NASA does a very poor job of promoting all the spin off technology that does find it's way to the private sector. That's not to say that this technology would not have been developed eventually. My opinion, and it's only an opinion, is that this is still a good return on investment - even if the return is ten or more years. I've always heard it said that some of the early development in computers and telecommunication was driven by the space program. If that's true it certainly has generated many jobs world-wide. Of course being a scientist I am biased in favor of scientific advancement - even if it's only increasing our understanding.
Chuck
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The thing I have the problem with is SETI and its offshoots...oh well.
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After spending billions to find water, or evidence of it, one must wonder if there is anything productive to be done with that knowledge. I can't think of anything. What a friggin' waste of money. :down: