| Windows 7: NASA: Millions of tons of water discovered on moon. |
02 Mar 2010
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#1 | | Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit. SP1. |
NASA: Millions of tons of water discovered on moon. Quote: A NASA radar system onboard India's lunar orbiter has spotted evidence of water -- a lot of water -- on the moon's north pole.
The space agency announced Monday that scientists have discovered about 600 million metric tons of water ice in more than 40 craters on the lunar surface. The craters, which are in permanent shadow and extremely cold, range in size from one to nine miles in diameter. NASA scientists have long theorized that the dark, cold craters held one of their best chances of finding water ice on the moon.
"After analyzing the data, our science team determined a strong indication of water ice, a finding which will give future missions a new target to further explore and exploit," said Jason Crusan, a program executive for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, in a statement. Source - NASA: Millions of tons of water discovered on moon | My System Specs |
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02 Mar 2010
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#2 | | 7 x64 Perth, Western Australia |
It's cool that they're finding stuff, but what does water on the moon really mean? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Lenovo ThinkPad T400 OS 7 x64 CPU P8600 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo Memory 4096 Graphics Card 3470HD Hybrid Monitor(s) Displays 14.4" Screen Resolution 1440 x 900 Hard Drives 60GB OCZ Vertex Turbo + 160GB 5400 Internet Speed 15Mbps |
02 Mar 2010
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#3 | | W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE Indian Territory |
It would mean that keeping a permanent moon base would become far more practical. It would be difficult to transport enough water from the earth to provide for a very large population. Water is an essential need for life on the moon. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3 Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1 Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080 Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000 Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black Internet Speed 3.3Mbps Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
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02 Mar 2010
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#5 | | Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |

Quote: Originally Posted by jamesvdm It's cool that they're finding stuff, but what does water on the moon really mean? It means the Moon is not made out of Cheese | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments ! OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350 Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards Sound Card on motherboard Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc Case All Generic Full Towers Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
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03 Mar 2010
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x86 build 7600 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Chennai, India |
Quote: A NASA radar system onboard India's lunar orbiter has spotted evidence of water -- a lot of water -- on the moon's north pole.
The space agency announced Monday that scientists have discovered about 600 million metric tons of water ice in more than 40 craters on the lunar surface. The craters, which are in permanent shadow and extremely cold, range in size from one to nine miles in diameter. NASA scientists have long theorized that the dark, cold craters held one of their best chances of finding water ice on the moon.
"After analyzing the data, our science team determined a strong indication of water ice, a finding which will give future missions a new target to further explore and exploit," said Jason Crusan, a program executive for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, in a statement. 600 million metric tons = 600 000 000 000 kilograms = 1.32277357 × 10^12 pounds
Thats ~625 000 000 000 liters ~= 1.65107533 × 10^11 US gallons
Thats a lot of water. Hope they don't exploit it too much. | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number HP EliteBook 8530w Mobile Workstation OS Windows 7 Ultimate x86 build 7600 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache) Motherboard Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset ICH9M-Enhanced Memory 2GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Graphics Card ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 with 256 MB Sound Card SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays 15.4-inch WXGA anti-glare (1280 x 800 resolution) Screen Resolution 1280 x 800 Mouse Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad, USB Mouse Hard Drives 250GB Fujitsu MJA2250BH G2 ATA Device (IDE),
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03 Mar 2010
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
Old news. They confirmed water back in September. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Airbot 2.0 OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air Motherboard Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0 Memory 12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 -Aftermaket Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler Sound Card ASUS Xonar D2X Monitor(s) Displays 1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60hz Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700 Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700 PSU Corsair HX1000W Case Cooler Master HAF 932 Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Hard Drives 1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
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03 Mar 2010
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#8 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Norfolk, VA |

Quote: Originally Posted by Airbot Old news. They confirmed water back in September. Well, now they found more. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HAL-9000 OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit CPU Intel i7 3770K Motherboard Asus Sabertooth Z77 Memory 16GB DDR3 1333 Corsair XMS3 Graphics Card XFX HD6950 2GB EyeFinity Sound Card Logitech G35 & Sennheiser PC135 & VIA HD Monitor(s) Displays 23" HP 2310e, 23" Samsung B2230, 21.5" Viewsonic Screen Resolution 5760x1080 Keyboard Logitech G15 and G13 Mouse Logitech G700 Gaming Mouse PSU Antec True Power New 650watt Case Cooler Master HAF-932 Cooling Corsair H60 Hydro Cooler, 3x 230mm Fans, 2x120mm Fan Hard Drives 16TB of Storage
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03 Mar 2010
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#9 | | Windows 7 64-Bit Premium Waterford, Michigan |
Wow . . . Well . . . thats just nice . . . LETS FIND SOMETHING WE CAN ACTUALLY USE!!! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number N/a . . . all parts bought seperatly . . . OS Windows 7 64-Bit Premium CPU AMD Phenom Motherboard GA-M61PME-S2P (rev. 1.0)/Gigabyte Memory 4 GB Monitor(s) Displays X203H Screen Resolution 1600x900 Hard Drives 500 GB
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03 Mar 2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by TRK212 Well . . . thats just nice . . . LETS FIND SOMETHING WE CAN ACTUALLY USE!!! Except...for....the fact....that we can use this...right?
The fact that there's water on the moon and it appears to be renewable is not useful? | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz Motherboard ASRock G371-M S Memory 2x2 GIG DDR2 Graphics Card Gigabyte GTS 250 1 GIG Monitor(s) Displays Vuco 22" Widescreen NASA: Millions of tons of water discovered on moon. problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:43 AM. | |