Re: An oasis on the moon?

From: Greg Kuperberg (greg_at_see-web-page.edu)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:44:47 +0000 (UTC)

In article <424d8eb9.1007354869@newsgroups.bellsouth.net>,
Rand Simberg <simberg.interglobal@org.trash> wrote:
>On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:23:38 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
>greg@see-web-page.edu (Greg Kuperberg) made the phosphor on my monitor
>glow in such a way as to indicate that:
>>As O'Keefe plainly states it, testing new technology is reason #1 to
>>return to the moon; evidence of ice is reason #2. Reason #1 is catch-all
>>promotion for everything that NASA does. Reason #2 is wishful thinking.
>That's your (uninformed) opinion, not a fact.

I think it's my informed opinion, because when I work at it I can often
understand space science literature well enough. This is what Bruce
Campbell, lead author of the Arecibo interplanetary radar paper, says
on his home page:

    Any ice within shadowed craters near the Moon's poles is likely in
    the form of small, distributed grains, making it potentially more
    difficult to extract as a lunar resource.
    
    http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/research/moon/radar_poles_detail.cfm

Try making a cup of coffee out of that! 

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