why is there water on the moon?

this is dumb.

are we really that useless as a planet that we'd have to spend an astronomical amount of money to mine water on the moon, instead of just taking care of the fresh water we have here?!

B..b..but if we don't go there and mine it all the Fundamentalists will get there first.

Then they'll use the water to bombard our cities!

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are we really that useless as a planet that we'd have to spend an astronomical amount of money to mine water on the moon, instead of just taking care of the fresh water we have here?!

we have to get off this planet if we're going to survive as a species

water on the moon means we could set up a station there, people could survive, it could be used as a fuel depot, etc.

water on the moon means we can go surfing on the moon

why do we have to leave the planet?

why not grow inward, like toenails?

manifest destiny motherfucker, only dead things float downstream, etc

because this species is in the process of altering the planet's ecosystem to the degree that it will no longer be able to sustain us and we'll go the route of the dinosaurs

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more importantly, if we leave the planet, why would we go to the moon instead of a place that would actually be getting away from whatever dangers are going to befall earth in the future?

exit, planet bust

this planet is going to disintegrate in 5 billion years, we need to move out before then

plus we need people all over the place to prevent the heat death of the universe. still a lot of work to do on that front and the universe isn't exactly getting any younger

basically population growth is outstripping our ability to alter and control the ecosystem - its totally conceivable that this planet could sustain billions more humans, but the social engineering required to make that practical is way beyond what we're currently capable of. we can't even manage a framework to adapt to global climate changes. so we either figure out a way for the species to continue to expand and reproduce - which requires expanding our species' reach beyond this radioactive polluted crap-hole - or the species is going to extinguish itself.

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people cannot prevent the heat death of the universe. they cannot create new energy.

more importantly, if we leave the planet, why would we go to the moon instead of a place that would actually be getting away from whatever dangers are going to befall earth in the future?

because to get there you need FUEL, most of which you are going to expend getting out of earth's gravity well. So if you can stop at the moon and re-fuel on your way to Mars, that makes a huge difference. It's easier to get to other planets from the moon than it is to get to earth - the moon has no gravity.

thx for all the joek answers tho guys lol

tbqh I think it's sad that most people are like "lol space" w/out giving any consideration to the actual science/mechanics/rationale involved way to go guys

i don't see us figuring out deep space travel, finding a hospitable planet and getting their before we toast this place. or sort our shit out. not saying "lol space" so much as if i had to order likely scenarios from most likely it would go like this:
1 - we destroy our planet and ourselves
2 - we get a grip and figure out how to live sustainably
3 - we move to another planet

but i do get what you're saying about why water on the moon is good news.

I don't think scenarios 2 and 3 are mutually exclusive but yeah the odds are kinda against us at the moment and scenario 1 seems most likely

otoh commercial low orbit space travel looks like it's going to happen within the next decade or so. baby steps.

I would feel a tiny bit more hopeful even if there were just, y'know a handful of people living somewhere other than Earth within the next few decades. a small sliver of hope that if we all go up in a puff of smoke there will still remnants of a semi-intelligent gene pool out there

this is freeman dyson stuff isn't it? though he's noted as a climate change skeptic now. i think his point is that the chance of another end-of-the-dinosaurs collision with a comet or meteor is non-zero. something will kill us eventually if we stay here.

I'm familiar with Dyson but I don't think this "we must get off this planet to survive as a species" angle is in any way unique to him. tons of scientists note this.

we must get off this planet for the fuck of it?

i mean, what happened to spirit of exploration and all that?

we're goin nowhere here why can't we go somewhere there

they're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see the moon from land here in america, from a city on the west coast

Does the rebel scientist who 'sneaks a sip' of moon water get a glimpse of the Gods or just a MAJOR case of the montezuma's revenge. I ask real the real questions.

well there's unlikely to be any organisms in it so it's probably like drinking the purest water evah

that's what they'd like you to think

I've seen enough sci-fi films to know it could happen.

love seeing dyson get name dropped!

I'm really not understanding why people are so desperate for us to survive as a species.

what are you, some kind of species traitor

There's gold on the moon. Fuck, maybe right now some private company are mining it as we speak. They're using a percent of the profits to pay off the scientists. Then in a month they'll come out and say "Wait, nvrmnd, we were wrong, there actually isnt gold on the moon!" And they'll be right!

Also the moon water is spiked with LSD.

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dudes there is gravity on the moon it's just mad less cuz it's mass is mad less than earth's
also since i wrote this i have become familiar that there is mad water in space, at first i was like woah dude water how and then when i started to look around more there's a shit ton of hydrogen and as the elements evolve getting more electrons and shit it aint that far to oxygen and blammo electrostatic forces and there's the water which likely freezes pretty soon after that making particles that then are set to acquire more mass as more particles stick to that one and soon enough blammo earth

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lol space is serious business

I'm really not understanding why people are so desperate for us to survive as a species.

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this, really

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ON THE MOON!

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I'm really not understanding why people are so desperate for us to survive as a species.

Cos survival has taken the place of God as the end-all-be-all meaning of existence in the minds of post-existentialist intellectual thought.

no it hasnt what are you talking about

YOU SAID THERE WAS WATER ON THE MOON AND INSTEAD IT'S JUST MORE GODDAMN COCKSUCKING

Who gonna be the first to drink space water? some dare, i telly you.

i'm not big on survival as a species but i'm huge on survival as an individual