As I understand it, the fact that the moon is tectonically active implies that there still is enough heat in the moon's core to cause tectonic activity. (To anyone who's wondered as well)
Does this mean the moon likely has a magnetosphere?
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#42In south- and east-asia mythology a frog lives in the moon.
This is part of an australian aboriginal myth:
"The frog opened his sleepy eyes, his big body quivered, his face relaxed, and, at last, he burst into a laugh that sounded like rolling thunder. The water poured from his mouth in a flood. It filled the deepest rivers and covered the land. Only the highest mountain peaks were visible, like islands in the sea. Many men and animals were drowned. The pelican-who was a blackfellow at this time -sailed from island to island in a great canoe and rescued any blackfellow he saw" - http://www.sacred-texts.com/aus/mla/mla09.htm
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think what you meant to say is, “There’s evidence that the moon is hollow. It rang like a bell because of the impact of the lander.”
They probably meant exactly what they wrote and didn't need a snarky correction.
The phrase “conspiracy theory” is a thought-terminating cliché used to delineate heretical from approved thought.
If the Moon did indeed “ring like a bell”, it’s evidence of something, whether that something fits within our preconceptions or not.
No, I’m not making an argument.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think what you meant to say is, “There’s evidence that the moon is hollow. It rang like a bell because of the impact of the lander.”
They probably meant exactly what they wrote and didn't need a snarky correction.
Conspiracy theories (flat earth etc.) are twenty-teen trolling devices. Don't feed the trolls.
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#46moon worms! joking aside reminds me very much of 50s sci-fi - maybe there will be a mining operation to draw energy from the moon's core in the near future (owned by Jeff Bezos)
“I have ridden the mighty moon worm!” —Al Gore
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#47Shouldn't that be something like... "lunology"? Doesn't geo- refer to Earth?
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#48The abstract from the actual study[1]: > The discovery of young thrust faults on the Moon is evidence of recent tectonic activity, but how recent is unknown. Seismometers at four Apollo landing sites recorded 28 shallow moonquakes between 1969 and 1977. Some of these shallow quakes could be associated with activity on the young faults. However, the epicentre locations of these quakes are poorly constrained. Here we p…
> Furthermore, shallow moonquakes lasted a remarkably long time. Once they got going, all continued more than 10 minutes. "The moon was ringing like a bell," Neal says.
(2006) https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/15mar_moonquakes.html
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#49moon worms! joking aside reminds me very much of 50s sci-fi - maybe there will be a mining operation to draw energy from the moon's core in the near future (owned by Jeff Bezos)
Or we set out onto a the goal to tame the moonworms by the year 2119
Moonworms are gentle, misunderstood creatures that have been horribly exploited by mankind.
These majestic beasts are captured when young, and through a process involving electric shock and sub-nuclear bombardment trained to perform tricks for the amusement of lunar tourists who often like to ride on top of their backs and put pictures of their abuse onto Facebook for exploitative likes.
Please donate 100 credits to Save the Moonworm - an offplanet non-profit organized by the head of Jeff Bezos.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Such an amazing book. The first half at least.
I thought the second half was great except for the part where it ended right in the middle of everything.
I thought it went too crazy on the tech. The ring habitat was fine but the spinning things that catapult them into space seemed a bit too far fetched.