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zirky t1_jdy7j75 wrote

in other news, nestle is partnering with spacex to develop a privately funded moon base

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Least_Growth4247 t1_je0yq52 wrote

We can’t even separate the salt out of ocean water efficiently, they wanna sublimate glass instead?

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IDoPokeSmot t1_jdy586n wrote

I don't know how the people of the moon would feel about us taking their water......

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Coyote65 t1_jdy739z wrote

The Mooninites?

They gonna be mad.

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OddSell7096 t1_jdy9ss6 wrote

You have deeply offended us and our god. And our god is a god of vengeance, and horror.

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bfhurricane t1_jdzrppq wrote

Who wrote “The Moon Rules, #1” on my car wit a key…

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Fellowshipofthebowl t1_je0pazo wrote

“On the Moon, nerds get their pants pulled down and they are spanked with Moonrocks“

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Duchess430 t1_jdy6etl wrote

Pretty sure the Whalers on the moon who carry a Harpoon won't be happy about earth taking their water, by the year 3000 there won't be able whales and all they do is just sing tell tall tales and sing a whaling tune

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IDoPokeSmot t1_jdy6t75 wrote

Yeah, well... I'm gonna go build my own Moon, with blackjack and hookers! In fact, forget the moon!

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theold777 t1_je01668 wrote

Somebody else already had this idea. Found out that the Nevada desert was a more accessible place than the moon.

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ItsHowWellYouMowFast t1_jdy6itc wrote

But think of the freedom we can provide them in place of their resources. Maybe set up a democracy or something

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joebadiah t1_jdy495u wrote

No way comments go the wrong direction.

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invol713 t1_jdy5i9q wrote

At least it wasn’t beads in Uranus.

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INeed_SomeWater t1_jdy9fiu wrote

These two comments summed up my expectations and confirmed my reality as succinctly as possible.

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invol713 t1_jdya35i wrote

Reality now has more beads. You’re welcome.

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rpjruh t1_jdyt40r wrote

Idk man, I kind of feel like being ridiculous

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liililllllliilillill t1_jdykzni wrote

Wow, water with no microplastics in it!

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Cyanopicacooki t1_jdzfuhy wrote

I dunno, there have been half a dozen LEMs slowly decaying on the surface for 4 decades, I think we've ensured that lunar colonists won't miss out on those vital micro-nutrients.

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Latyon t1_jdy4yii wrote

If true and if a process exists that is simple enough to utilize on the lunar surface

Huge

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websagacity t1_je1fbrx wrote

And not just for drinking water, but water is the 2 main components of rocket fuel. Only need enough fuel and water to get there. Get the rest on the surface.

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Customer-Useful t1_jdypndv wrote

Why? Don't we have enough water and isn't it mind-bottlingly inefficient to transport heavy things through space? Is it because we can sustain life on the moon easier than if no water was there?

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Random_Letters_btmwq t1_jdyrlc9 wrote

Yes, the same applies to bringing water to the moon.

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Customer-Useful t1_jdyrwmg wrote

That's what I meant with the last sentence. Ty for clarification, I don't know shit about fuck. Especially when the moon is involved

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The_Only_AL t1_jdyxnze wrote

No, we can sustain life on the moon if there IS water there. That way we don’t have to transport it from Earth, which is crazy expensive. You can also break water into hydrogen to use as fuel.

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Customer-Useful t1_jdyxuq3 wrote

That's exactly what I'm saying. I'm tired since I've been up till 7:18 AM, did I fuck up some wording?

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The_Only_AL t1_jdyzjd4 wrote

Yeah you said if there’s NO water there it’s easier. No big deal.

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Customer-Useful t1_je0usj2 wrote

Aight My Bad. Ty for the correction. I was wondering why everybody was correcting me when in my mind we were in agreement.

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Customer-Useful t1_je0vi4n wrote

  • Is it because we can sustain life on the moon easier than if no water was there?

Am I wrong or doesn't this state that what you all agree with? "Easier than if no water was there" doesn't that mean I'm saying water makes it easier?

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--Muther-- t1_jdyryd9 wrote

Rocket fuel can be made from this.

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Customer-Useful t1_jdys0ze wrote

Rocket fuel from glass water? How?

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--Muther-- t1_jdyscfo wrote

One of the major barriers to space exploration is the high cost to weight ratio of leaving the Earths Gravity well.

If you could base a major component of your lift capability and refueling capability outside earth's gravity our ability to explore just increased exponentially. To do that you need a source of hydrogen and oxygen, for fuel, by a qirk of nature water has both of those things.

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Customer-Useful t1_jdyt256 wrote

I never really thought about the fact that propulsion isn't needed to move when you're in space.

So we need some way to conduct electrolysis on a major scale ON the moon? Solar power or something? I'm no expert but surely you can't use a set amount of fuel to make MORE fuel via electrolysis.

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--Muther-- t1_jdytpq1 wrote

Probably solar, nuclear or a hydrogen fuel cell

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Commercial-9751 t1_je0nbg6 wrote

In addition to sustaining life, water can be turned into rocket fuel on the moon, so it could be a lunar gas station rather than needing transport from earth where it takes way more fuel just to reach orbit.

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autotldr t1_jdy4r7l wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 88%. (I'm a bot)

> Tiny glass beads strewn across the moon's surface contain potentially billions of tonnes of water that could be extracted and used by astronauts on future lunar missions, researchers say.

> The latest research, published in Nature Geoscience, points to fine glass beads as the source of that surface water.

> Further tests on the material showed the water diffuses in and out of the beads on the timeframe of a few years, confirming an active water cycle on the moon.

Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: water^#1 moon^#2 beads^#3 material^#4 lunar^#5

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Grabba-The-Butt t1_je0echz wrote

How big are these glass beads? I hear beads and I imagine very small.

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Struboob t1_jdy68i4 wrote

I want a bucket of those things

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PopeHonkersXII t1_jdys0ux wrote

In 20 years, Pepsi will be selling bottles of the stuff in vending machines. I know how capitalism works

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Electrical-Can-7982 t1_jdze37o wrote

let me guess.. all the vending machines will have only nestle's products

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HoplandTek t1_je4g9l6 wrote

Nestlé: "PLANT OUR FLAG, NOW!!!"

"Welcome, terran labourer to the Nestlé moon colony. Here you will enjoy rocks, metal tubes and domicile pods, with a single bunk per labourer. Here you can earn a taxless wage in our libertarian utopia."

"Notice: the cost of accomodation, oxygen, water and Grool™ will be deducted from your pay, amounting to 75% of your wages. A flight back to earth is approximately 50 wages in total."

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HybridEng t1_jdyutg9 wrote

Sounds like a scam to me....

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simonp101 t1_jdz1cp0 wrote

It might come in handy, once THEY are done poisoning all the water on planet Earth.

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Goodbadgoodgood t1_jdz9v5k wrote

Now we can harvest the moon and completely disrupt the flow of the ocean and destroy the earth further to get rich!!!!!!

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