Re: Terraforming the Moon

jimp_at_specsol-spam-sux.com
Date: 12/03/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 00:08:15 +0000 (UTC)

In sci.physics habshi <habshi@anony.com> wrote:
> If the moon can retain the light hydrogen atoms it should be
> able to hold on to oxygen , nitrogen etc. We could transport them
> there as frozen solids .

Even if the moon could maintain an atmosphere for some period of time,
the technology does not exist to transport one there.

Even if the technology to transport an atmosphere to the moon existed,
why would we want to be continually dumping the Earth's atmosphere into
space via the moon? 

-- 
Jim Pennino
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