NASA finds 'significant' water on moon

Being a geek for pure science, I find this fascinating…

Yeah but is it ok to brew with?  :smiley:

As the say, “If it tastes OK…”

I’m guessing it might be a bit cheesy

cool stuff, I saw the vapor story back when they “rodded” it, had no idea it would result in significant discovery.  couple this with the tether experiment from the shuttle TSS-1R mission and you have the means for water and electricity on the moon without taking either with you.

with water and electricity, many possibilities begin to arise for longer term base-stations.

I’m just glad they didn’t crack the moon in half by crashing crap into it.

Yeah and I hope they didn’t hurt any Moonies.

And housing subdivisions!  :wink:

Next time they’re up there I want to see fireworks shot off from the surface as proof they’re there.

-OCD

As a child in the '60s, I was fascinated by the space program.  I remember watching the Mercury and Gemini launches on our little black and white TV.  I would like to see us return to the moon in my lifetime.

Right on, Monty!

I grew up watching the Apollo missions and have always had a fascination with space exploration.  There is a NASA research facility here in the Cleveland area where they developed the heat-resistant tiles for the space shuttles.  And, a guy I grew up with Johnson Space Center - NASA ended up becoming an astronaut and did a space walk to repair the Hubbel Space Telescope on a recent shuttle mission.  And I though making my own beer was cool… :-[ ::slight_smile:

Making your own beer on the moon from moon water would be even cooler.

And I was feeling the squeeze once Wal-Mart marked distilled up to 83 cents…

You would only be able to make low gravity beers, though.

Which one of those smiley thingees means groan. ::slight_smile:

But you would have to boil with the lid on to keep it from floating away…and we know what that means.  :cry:

You’d have to use an electric kettle, because there’s not enough air to support a flame. I’m ready.  :wink:

Wonder what the boiling point is on the moon and how it would affect isomerization.

You’d need less energy to brew though, and I don’t think low g would affect isomerization.

Lower atomospheric pressure certainly would.

Plus presuming that you’re boiling inside a habitable pressurized environment, I wonder how many atmo’s you’d be set to.