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  #2590377 22-Oct-2020 19:51
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tdgeek:

 

nzkc:

 

That maybe they didnt really land on it in 1969

 

 

They did

 

 

Dude...it was a joke.




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  #2590473 22-Oct-2020 21:15
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Resnick:

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-announce-new-science-results-about-moon



Why do they have to announce there will be an announcement?

Why not just announce the discovery and be done?

Sigh....

It's 'the trailer for the movie trailer' mentality isn't it...

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  #2590495 23-Oct-2020 00:26
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nzkc:

 

Dude...it was a joke.

 

 

I thought you were serious.  I demand an apollo-gy.




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  #2590501 23-Oct-2020 06:09
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I thought it's because they are going to install a 4g network on it

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  #2590511 23-Oct-2020 06:55
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tdgeek: OTOH its hardly news, water exists elsewhere in the solar system, its common



Right. But water on the moon is relatively accessible. If you're looking at interplanetary human exploration, it may be more economic to get water (and minerals?) from the moon than lifting it from the Earth. Getting to LEO costs about US$10k per kg, IIRC.

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  #2590514 23-Oct-2020 07:17
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nzkc:

 

 

 

Dude...it was a joke.

 

 

Oh ok, given the conspiracy theory that many cling to, so not obvious


 
 
 

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  #2590527 23-Oct-2020 08:21
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It's a conspiracy, I tells ya!

 

 

I have two mates that go on and on and on about that lol. Each point is explained, nothing to see here!


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  #2590612 23-Oct-2020 09:49
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I thought they discovered a Transformer there.

 

 

 

 

I am genuinely shocked and surprised you made that reference :) (in a good way)

 

 


  #2590680 23-Oct-2020 11:22
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Apple are going to open a new store there perhaps ??

 

Or Tesla is going to put some Charging stations there.





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  #2590687 23-Oct-2020 11:36
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Batman: I thought it's because they are going to install a 4g network on it


Probably in less time than they install 5G in rural NZ! 🤣





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  #2590699 23-Oct-2020 11:57
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Geektastic:
Batman: I thought it's because they are going to install a 4g network on it


Probably in less time than they install 5G in rural NZ! 🤣

 

 

 

But rural is always in the middle of nowhere :)





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  #2590722 23-Oct-2020 12:30
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Geektastic:
Batman: I thought it's because they are going to install a 4g network on it


Probably in less time than they install 5G in rural NZ! 🤣


https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/oct/20/talking-on-the-moon-nasa-and-nokia-to-install-4g-on-lunar-surface

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  #2590726 23-Oct-2020 12:33
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what is the international dialing prefix for the moon?





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  #2590736 23-Oct-2020 12:53
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Does this mean the Yanks now own the moon, Trump could build a resort and golf course up there.





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