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Customer-Useful t1_jdypndv wrote

Reply to comment by Latyon in Glass beads on moon’s surface may hold billions of tonnes of water, scientists say | The moon by GeraldKutney

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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