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Wrong on #1: moon doesn't have direct sunlight at all times. https://imgur.com/a/rOyNvDG
Aren't poles always illuminated?
Ice confirmed at the Moon’s poles
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On mac others might want to: # filename - wherever you pasted the base64 string FILE= && base64 -D $FILE.txt >> $FILE.png && open $FILE.png
* don't do this w/ random stuff off the internet. That could have easily been something other than an image, and `open` will happily open whatever it was regardless of the extension.
I can't edit it now, but you're absolutely right. Horrible gaffe on my part.
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It's almost as though science is a complex job that occasionally requires a lot of work.
Sure, but eight years? Edit: What I'm getting at is that this seems a profound result, with perhaps crucial implications. Not some minor detail, of only arcane interest.
If you have literally zero context why are you raising such a fuss? Do you have any context on how long discoveries take in any scientific field whatsoever?
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#95> With enough ice sitting at the surface—within the top few millimeters—water would possibly be accessible as a resource for future expeditions to explore and even stay on the Moon, and potentially easier to access than the water detected beneath the Moon's surface. OR: It could be collected, shipped back to earth, bottled, and sold to the wealthy at ludicrous prices.
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#96I wonder why it took several years for this analysis to be done and published. I mean, the data was presumably collected during 2008-2010 or so.