Who cares if there is water on the moon????

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

Not quite as interesting as this found on Mars. At 3:40 seconds into the video you will see what I mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aROqWGZ3gDg

Nonetheless water on the Moon is a good find.

Of course, we cannot discount the "Face on Mars" as it was caught by a much higher resolution camera recently.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by KWSS1976

NASA Probe Hits Moon South Pole Looking for Water

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,562860,00.html


Come on now can we say waste of money...really who cares if there is water on the Moon that money could of help so many people out....

Water on the moon equals rocket fuel in space. One of the greatest inefficiencies of space flight is that the fuel the space vessel is to use must be accelerated into space at tremendous cost.

The Space Shuttle, for example, weighs 165,000 pounds empty. But just to get it into orbit requires a fuel load of almost 3,300,000 pounds: almost 20 times the weight of the shuttle itself. And then this leaves a comparatively smaller amout of fuel left in the internal tanks for manuevering. The shuttle just doesn't have enough "gas" to go anywhere or to do much more than circle the globe on the inertia of its initial launch.

To go to Mars we'll need a lot of fuel for the trip. Having a store already in space will save a tremendous amount of money.

You seemed to also be asking, "Why have a space program with all of its expense any way...?" In a capitalistic society with free and open markets, wealth is generated from nothing. The "cost" of the space program actually represents something of the "surplus" of the wealth the American society has created.

By stimulating the human spirit with things like space travel we can stimulate our economy as well. There are of course issue concerning the ways in which wealth is distributed. A more equitable distribution of wealth could in fact solve most of the problems that critics of the space program point out here at home.

Also, we do have something of a mandate to learn about and to understand our world, our universe and ourselves (Proverbs 25:2). As a people we should expend a certain amount of energy and resources just on the adventure of discovery.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by crakjak

Proverbs 25:2
"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter."

It honors God that man wants to study what He has created!!

The poor you always have with you, so give and bless the poor, and give to cancer research, but don't neglect to glorify God in searching out His secrets.

hmm...

You all just play the zero sum game like the happy little Obama minions that you are. Prax I'm especially disappointed in you. I didn't see this thread until it got bumped up this morn, so my comments are a bit "after the fact," but still... guys! C'mon!

It's OUTER SPACE! How cool is that?

If you were really onto something with the idea of throwing money at social problems then you would already being throwing more of your income at "the poor" with their "cancer" and whatever. Instead I see you you guys driving your monster trucks to dine out every weekend like fat cats at the local Shoney's.

If you really wanted to end all social ills then you'd give all of your money away. Except you know intuitively that doing so wouldn't solve the problems, but you'd only make things worse by becoming a "social problem" yourself.