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Ice confirmed at the Moon’s poles

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Re: Ice confirmed at the Moon’s poles

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post #48

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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?

"No peaks of eternal light have been positively identified on the moon, but many peaks have been detected that, via simulations based on imaging and laser and radar topography, appear to be illuminated for greater than 80% of a lunar year." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_of_eternal_light

Re: Ice confirmed at the Moon’s poles

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You're 100% correct.

I can't edit it now, but you're absolutely right. Horrible gaffe on my part.

Re: Ice confirmed at the Moon’s poles

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post #62

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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.

How long it "should" take is something that experts in that field might weigh in on. Are you an expert in that field? A related field?

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?

Re: Ice confirmed at the Moon’s poles

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> 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.

"...sold to the residents of Flint at ludicrous prices." FTFY

Re: Ice confirmed at the Moon’s poles

#96
post #53

I 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.

I'm just guessing but doesn't astronomy usually have way more data than the scientific field has manpower to process and analyse it?
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