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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: ManaByte on September 24, 2009, 07:13:53 AM

Title: India finds water on the Moon
Post by: ManaByte on September 24, 2009, 07:13:53 AM

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article6846639.ece

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Dreams of establishing a manned Moon base could become reality within two decades after India’s first lunar mission found evidence of large quantities of water on its surface.

Data from Chandrayaan-1 also suggests that water is still being formed on the Moon. Scientists said the breakthrough — to be announced by Nasa at a press conference today — would change the face of lunar exploration.

The discovery is a significant boost for India in its space race against China. Dr Mylswamy Annadurai, the mission’s project director at the Indian Space Research Organisation in Bangalore, said: “It’s very satisfying.”

The search for water was one of the mission’s main objectives, but it was a surprise nonetheless, scientists said.The unmanned craft was equipped with Nasa’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper, designed specifically to search for water by picking up the electromagnetic radiation emitted by minerals. The M3 also made the unexpected discovery that water may still be forming on the surface of the Moon, according to scientists familiar with the mission.

Title: Re: India finds water on the Moon
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 24, 2009, 07:15:36 AM

Oh my God, they're outsourcing NASA jobs to India now?!

Title: Re: India finds water on the Moon
Post by: drew on September 24, 2009, 07:17:03 AM

i thought their probe or whatever crashed and couldnt be found?

Title: Re: India finds water on the Moon
Post by: ManaByte on September 24, 2009, 07:20:31 AM

Quote from: drew on September 24, 2009, 07:17:03 AM

i thought their probe or whatever crashed and couldnt be found?

That was the coverup. They don't want images of the bases on the darkside of the moon to go public.

Title: Re: India finds water on the Moon
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 24, 2009, 07:24:07 AM

 ::)

Title: Re: India finds water on the Moon
Post by: Robo on September 24, 2009, 08:04:50 AM

 :hurr :hans1  someone needs to pair these two images together and we'll call it :manabyte

Title: Re: India finds water on the Moon
Post by: drew on September 24, 2009, 08:13:07 AM

wait is he kidding or not

i cant tell

Title: Re: India finds water on the Moon
Post by: ManaByte on September 24, 2009, 08:35:06 AM

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYFm3omV3nA[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7oCNpuyL1w[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TpSpVMz6mY[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1scspewgso[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZpcDPhmmXE[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeH4iBgdAkU[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaVlk9WL6bE[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txl2wYZidig[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NchLjFaPQVA[/youtube]

Title: Re: India finds water on the Moon
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 24, 2009, 08:36:06 AM

tl;dw

Title: Re: India finds water on the Moon
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 24, 2009, 08:48:39 AM

I love docs like that. :rock

Title: Re: India finds water on the Moon
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 24, 2009, 08:55:02 AM

"I love documentaries like that!"

 :hans1

Title: Re: India finds water on the Moon
Post by: drew on September 24, 2009, 04:43:50 PM

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Title: Re: India finds water on the Moon
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 24, 2009, 06:57:04 PM

Dude what's better than a documentary detailing mysteries n shit, or Nazi space programs!

I miss the History channel

edit: wow this has nice production values!

edit: wow nevermind, this is horrible. only the intro had nice values  :lol

edit: omg  :lol

They had some "forensic expert" look at a NASA moon pic that had certain portions blurred out. Using the powers of photophop he discovered the blur was hiding an object 10 times the size of LA. A couple minutes later they say there appears to be a "giant humanoid wearing a jumpsuit" working on the object, well visible from space. So he would have to be what, Godzilla size?  :lol