Uncle M's next holiday venue

[Miss Demeanour]

Spacecraft see 'damp' Moon soils

A surprising amount of water has been found to exist in the Moon's soil.

Data from three spacecraft, including India's Chandrayaan probe, shows that very fine films of H20 coat the particles that make up the lunar dirt.

The quantity is tiny but could become a useful resource for astronauts wishing to live on the Moon, scientists say.


I guess if you're an astronaut the places where you'd like to live would be limited 

[Barman]

I heard this on the wireless... 

Uncle, why didn't they find any water when they went up there like? 

[Uncle Mort]

It seems they did:

The rock and soil samples returned by the Apollo missions were found to be ever so slightly "damp" when examined in the laboratory, but scientists could never rule out the possibility that the water in the samples got in only after they were hauled back to Earth.

Very good news for the future of space exploration 

[Barman]

It seems they did:

The rock and soil samples returned by the Apollo missions were found to be ever so slightly "damp" when examined in the laboratory, but scientists could never rule out the possibility that the water in the samples got in only after they were hauled back to Earth.

Very good news for the future of space exploration 

Hmnnn... 

Good news for those looking to get multi-billion Dollar budgets for space exploration signed-off perhaps...?

[Miss Demeanour]

It's too high for me 

[Snoopy]

It's too high for me 

Wot? ~ Can't reach it even in those heels?

[Miss Demeanour]

Not in heels and on a ladder I'm afraid 

and it's dark 

[Snoopy]

No spiders tho' 

[Barman]

No spiders tho' 

Well, they said there was no water... 

[Uncle Mort]

Have you not heard of "Spiders from Mars"

Just ask Ziggy. 

[Miss Demeanour]

Marley 

[Darwins Selection]

Bloody illiterate Yanks 

"Please do not flush while the lunar module is standing on the surface" 

[Snoopy]