Posted on 04/02/2014 7:19:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin
With the help of a self-developed computer model, a team of researchers forecasted how apatite would have crystalized from cooling bodies of lunar magma early in the Moon's history. The model proved that the abnormally hydrogen-rich apatite crystals seen in many Moon rock samples may not have developed within a water-rich environment as previously though.
"The mineral apatite is the most widely used method for estimating the amount of water in lunar rocks, but it cannot be trusted," said Jeremy Boyce of the UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences in a statement. "Our new results show that there is not as much water in lunar magma as apatite would have us believe."
(Excerpt) Read more at counselheal.com ...
**snicker**
Seems to me that for half the synodic period (avg ~ 29.5 days) one could store heat in some medium, and for the other half, store “cold” in some medium, and then use those media to run a heat exchange engine, with the temperature difference between lunar day and night averaging around 500 degrees F.
Carnot and Sterling on the moon. Next on Oprah.
Good idea. Lots of options. I don’t think energy supply will be much a problem.
Computer models.... instead of experiments and measurements... GIGO (garbage in, garbage out)
Not even for the cheese?
Quite possibly nearly 100%. Including what we thought we knew about electronics, and yet, you now have a keyboard and the internet to spout off. That because the search for the truth (often called science) discards the old as new evidence is found.
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