I Have Good News Everyone!

Overheal

You read that in Farnsworth's voice. Excellent.

Now for the Refreshing news: The Lunar North Pole has been found to house at least 600 Million Metric Tons of Ice on the Surface alone. More than enough to establish a permanent base, and extract Hydrogen and Oxygen for long term sustainability and for use in Refueling Spacecraft, which run n Hydrogen with an Oxygen catalyst.

http://gizmodo.com/5484165/600-million-metric-tons-of-ice-found-on-moons-north-pole-surface-could-be-enough-to-supply-base

round 600 million metric tons of water ice were discovered in shadowy craters at the moon's north pole. How much is that, in terms that mean something to you? Possibly enough to sustain a mother-F-ing moon base, that's how much. A piece of NASA radar equipment hitching a ride on an Indian probe made the discovery, which was reported earlier today. It was only last September that water ice was confirmed to exist on the moon's south pole, but these significant deposits bring us that much closer to the ultimate space nerd dream of a base on the moon.
"The new discoveries show the moon is an even more interesting and attractive scientific, exploration and operational destination than people had previously thought," said Paul Spudis, a NASA engineer who works with the Mini-SAR radar equipment.
Scientists say the water, which may be more readily available than that found at the south pole, could be mined for fuel and oxygen or distilled into drinking water for lunar dwellers.
Sure, there's that whole issue with the budget and how its steering our space program away from the moon. But 600 million tons is a lot of water, especially for a nation thirsty for some new space adventures.

Sounds like we may be seeing the spark of another resurgence in the Space Race.

Danbo!

Overheal wrote: »

You read that in Farnsworth's voice. Excellent.

Yup, ya got me

ball

wow

bertie4evr

I read it all in his voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1cap6yETA

m@cc@

Wow! Water surprise.

Seloth

Come on the Irish space programme...we can use like the midland bogs as a place to blast off

arybvtcw0eolkf

I couldn't give a fuck.

dresden8

Serenity Ancient Maple wrote: »

I couldn't give a fuck.

I am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

cafecolour

I thought this was going to be you telling us about Jesus.

AnonoBoy

I read everything in Truman Capote's voice so it didn't work on me.

Seloth

Why post a reply so ya spanner

Joey the lips

The only moon i want to see is the bird next door in the shower....Woooo

Dyr

I read it in the scientists offa the simpsons voice

Elenxor

Seloth wrote: »

Come on the Irish space programme...we can use like the midland bogs as a place to blast off [/QUOTE


1st. Whoopty ti bloody doo!!!

2nd. Stay away from our bogs Corky!!!

AnonoBoy

Seloth wrote: »

Why post a reply so ya spanner

Well I'm sure that reply wasn't directed at me now was it boy? A southern gentlemen like you should know not to be a-callin' someone any manner of tool, let alone a spanner - one of the most versatile and slutty of all the tools.

hooradiation

Serenity Ancient Maple wrote: »

I couldn't give a fuck.

Tell me, what's it like to be totally devoid of any kind of curiosity or wonder.

AnonoBoy

hooradiation wrote: »

Tell me, what's it like to be totally devoid of any kind of curiosity or wonder.

I suspect it's something similar to being Pat Kenny.

Erren Music

There's only one Hubert.

20th Century Fox announced that Comedy Central had picked up the show for 26 new half-hour episodes scheduled to begin airing in mid-2010

hooradiation

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I suspect it's something similar to being Pat Kenny.

truly a fate worse than death.

Seloth

Seloth wrote: »

Come on the Irish space programme...we can use like the midland bogs as a place to blast off

Bord Na Mona can supply the rocked fuel, a few million firelogs should do the trick! :pac:

Erren Music

Would anyone trust a space programme run by FF

stovelid

Overheal wrote: »

You read that in Farnsworth's voice.

I'm so sad. I instantly thought of this when I read that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99P7TTvpO1g

Pyr0

Erren Music wrote: »

Would anyone trust a space programme run by FF

That is a disgusting thought.

biko

Moonbase Aplha, it's finally gonna happen!

peasant

just don't send any Americans to the moon ...they use half a ton of water per person per day


send Africans instead

ScumLord

That's great news, the only way the human race can continue to expand is by getting off this planet, it would solve so many of our problems.

Noopti

ScumLord wrote: »

That's great news, the only way the human race can continue to expand is by getting off this planet, it would solve so many of our problems.

Don't you mean transfer our same problems to a different planet?

Fago!

Seloth wrote: »

Come on the Irish space programme...

Scene cuts to Brian Cowen on a step ladder reaching his hand toward the moon.

"Nearly there"

Fratton Fred

Magnus wrote: »

Moonbase Aplha, it's finally gonna happen!

That's a great idea, we could dump all our nuclear waste up there, it should be perfectly safe.

ScumLord

Noopti wrote: »

Don't you mean transfer our same problems to a different planet?

I don't think we'd make it in space without sorting the problems we have in earth, there actually oddly related.

Resource management, recycling, population control, fixing these type of problems will make space travel easier. The fact is it would be a long time before we found a planet like earth so for the most part we'd be living on space ships or encapsulated colony's on other planets. which would give us many of the same problems we're facing now on our currently overpopulated spaceship earth, so to get into space we have to learn to manage earth much better so we can do it on a smaller scale.

Lu Tze

ScumLord wrote: »

I don't think we'd make it in space without sorting the problems we have in earth, there actually oddly related.

Resource management, recycling, population control, fixing these type of problems will make space travel easier. The fact is it would be a long time before we found a planet like earth so for the most part we'd be living on space ships or encapsulated colony's on other planets. which would give us many of the same problems we're facing now on our currently overpopulated spaceship earth, so to get into space we have to learn to manage earth much better so we can do it on a smaller scale.

I think we will be sending you on the ship with the telephone sanitisers

Sonderval

I think we're on a downward slope for human space flight, so I dont think were going back there anytime soon.

Things dont look too good for humanity, alas

Sisko

I for one enjoy hearing about stuff like this, really hope to see more progress in space exploration in my life time, this time using combined efforts of different countries, rather then rivalries between them.

OutlawPete

I thought Obama pulled funding on Nasa?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6JKvK_3OHY

Overheal

OutlawPete wrote: »

I thought Obama pulled funding on Nasa?

It wont last long in the face of competition.

Smart Bug

I'm really over the moon about this news.

gurramok

Lunarcy.

Biggins

I look forwards to staying at the first hotel there.

Biggins

Biggins wrote: »

I look forwards to staying at the first hotel there.

I wouldn't bother with the hotel bar, there's no atmosphere there! :pac:

D_murph

Fago_25 wrote: »

Scene cuts to Brian Cowen on a step ladder reaching his hand toward the moon.

"Nearly there"

Just like he is doing with everything at the moment it seems :rolleyes:.

Duggy747

Finally, I'll have a chance to bang some green chicks in the nite-club up there.

Taxi fare could be a bitch, though.

artanevilla

Duggy747 wrote: »

Finally, I'll have a chance to bang some green chicks in the nite-club up there.

Taxi fare could be a bitch, though.

You can pull orange birds all over Ireland.

artanevilla

artanevilla wrote: »

You can pull orange birds all over Ireland.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1048/1439154784_d23ce64a7a.jpg

Captain Chaos

Overheal wrote: »

It wont last long in the face of competition.

But they have canceled the Constallation program. After the next 4 shuttle flights NASA have no way of putting another person in orbit unless they ask Russia.

I don't know how they are going to keep boosting the ISS's orbit over the next 5 years with no shuttle either.

ColaBeDamned

Noopti wrote: »

Don't you mean transfer our same problems to a different planet?

ScumLord wrote: »

I don't think we'd make it in space without sorting the problems we have in earth, there actually oddly related.

Resource management, recycling, population control, fixing these type of problems will make space travel easier. The fact is it would be a long time before we found a planet like earth so for the most part we'd be living on space ships or encapsulated colony's on other planets. which would give us many of the same problems we're facing now on our currently overpopulated spaceship earth, so to get into space we have to learn to manage earth much better so we can do it on a smaller scale.

Lies!!
I'm no fool! :mad: I've seen Wall-E, I know how this shít goes down!!

Overheal

Captain Chaos wrote: »

But they have canceled the Constallation program. After the next 4 shuttle flights NASA have no way of putting another person in orbit unless they ask Russia.

I don't know how they are going to keep boosting the ISS's orbit over the next 5 years with no shuttle either.

Its interesting you raise that issue.

The fact of the matter Now is, thanks to programs like the X-Prize, that shortly after the Shuttle gets decomissioned we should see the start of the first regular commercial space flights.

Last month's Pop Science magazine had a lengthy article about this: Relegate the Private Sector with the Day to Day resupply and repair of Sattelites (and the ISS) who will do it for fractions of the current cost, and unburden the NASA budget to do much bigger things: Like go back to the Moon. Virgin Galactic (whom is only targeting Space Tourism so far) is just one of 30 odd companies who have made serious headway about establishing the private space industry.

In the meantime, the Soyuz will cease Space tourism flights after the Decomission, to free up the flight time for NASA's needs.

Outside of that, NASA is deep into ideas about doing more in space without Humans. To that end, theres project M (Which is pretty much Avatar) And talk of having orbital robots that can be activated when needed and flown to a target satellite to initiate repairs. Project M would essentially allow a Moon Base to be constructed without the need to support Human Life during the process.

Infinity and Beyond? Nuclear Probe, Cassini, came back recently with these images of one of Saturn's moons, shooting water vapor as its exposed to sunlight. Next stop Pluto? With hydrogen Fueling Stations on the farthest reaches of the System, we can begin to really head out There.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/nasa-budget-constellation-officially-canned-deep-space-future-bright

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/nasa-2010-budget-inflatable-space-stations-orbit-refueling-space-uavs-and-more

Capt'n Midnight

Captain Chaos wrote: »

I don't know how they are going to keep boosting the ISS's orbit over the next 5 years with no shuttle either.

This is NASA you are talking about, there is no way they'd cancel a spacecraft and let a space station crash and burn.

Oh wait...

Seloth

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Well I'm sure that reply wasn't directed at me now was it boy? A southern gentlemen like you should know not to be a-callin' someone any manner of tool, let alone a spanner - one of the most versatile and slutty of all the tools.

Of course it wasnt direced at you..it was directed at the guy who said he couldnt give a f**k

You and several others replied as I clicked send.

pirelli

Overheal wrote: »

You read that in Farnsworth's voice. Excellent.

Now for the Refreshing news: The Lunar North Pole has been found to house at least 600 Million Metric Tons of Ice on the Surface alone. More than enough to establish a permanent base, and extract Hydrogen and Oxygen for long term sustainability and for use in Refueling Spacecraft, which run n Hydrogen with an Oxygen catalyst.

http://gizmodo.com/5484165/600-million-metric-tons-of-ice-found-on-moons-north-pole-surface-could-be-enough-to-supply-base



Sounds like we may be seeing the spark of another resurgence in the Space Race.

A long time ago when i was a young schoolboy a headmaster observed me in school in the company of a strange man. A man that it transpired was a man very much interested in young boys. The head master interrogated/questioned me and instead of informing my parents he just covered the matter up.

From that point on occasion after calling roll when he came to my name he used to say in front of everyone that I was wired to the moon.

The old master might have failed to realise their was more to the moon than strange men that like boys Or I think the bastard must have been hinting for me to join Nasa!