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  Lunar Discovery

   • p***....@n***.****i.com
     01/04/1998 00:00:000 UTC

     This is tres cool!!!

       >> >AP (31 March 1998)

       >> >

       >> >NASA has announced the latest findings by the Lunar Prospector
     mission indicate

       >> >the presence of frozen alcohol on the Lunar surface. "We're really
     quite

       >> >astounded by this," said Dr. Totalli Bohgus, researcher in charge
     of the >> >mission. "This is unprecedented in planetary science." Dr.
     Bohgus added that

       >> >the results are preliminary, but she feels quite strongly that
     they will be >> >confirmed by additional data. "But coupled with the
     discover of water on the

       >> >on last month, we look on this as further evidence that Man can,
     in fact,

       >> >survive on the Lunar surface. Two basic necessities are already
     there,

       >> >together.

       >> >

       >> >The frozen alcohol was found in the permanent shadows at the base
     of Crater

       >> >Marguarita. The crater is unusual in that it is rimmed with a thin
     layer of

       >> >sodium chloride, probably created at roughly the same time that
     the alcohol

       >> >was introduced.

       >> >

       >> >NASA scientists theorize that the alcohol may have come from
     fragments of the

       >> >comet Daniels-Beam 1979, which disintegrated in the inner Solar
     system in

       >> >1993. "Comets are primarily composed of ices and dust," said Dr.
     Bohgus, "and

       >> >we could well be looking to them for water and other necessities
     when we

       >> >eventually start exploring the Solar System."

       >> >

       >> >The NASA report is available on the NASA Lunar Prospector site,

       >> >http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov

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       • ****@****.com
         02/04/1998 00:00:000 UTC

         In article <6fu2nd$6om$*@c****.****i.com>, p*******x@n***.****i.com
         (The

         Person Your Mother Warned You About) wrote:

         >The frozen alcohol was found in the permanent shadows at the base
         of Crater

         >Marguarita. The crater is unusual in that it is rimmed with a thin
         layer of

         >sodium chloride, probably created at roughly the same time that the
         alcohol

         >was introduced.

         The last transmission by the Mars Rover indicated singlt-malt
         whiskey,

         aged over a million years. Do we need more impetus to go exploring?

         --

         Shockwave radio: Science Fiction/Science Fact/Weirdness Unbound

         http://www.visi.com/~romm

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         -- Professor Irwin Corey

       • r*....@****.com
         02/04/1998 09:49:38 UTC

         In article <6fu2nd$6om$*...@c****.****i.com>,
         p***....@n***.****i.com (The

         Person Your Mother Warned You About) wrote:

         >The frozen alcohol was found in the permanent shadows at the base
         of Crater

         >Marguarita. The crater is unusual in that it is rimmed with a thin
         layer of

         >sodium chloride, probably created at roughly the same time that the
         alcohol

         >was introduced.

         The last transmission by the Mars Rover indicated singlt-malt
         whiskey,

         aged over a million years. Do we need more impetus to go exploring?

         --

         Shockwave radio: Science Fiction/Science Fact/Weirdness Unbound

         http://www.visi.com/~romm

         "If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going."

         -- Professor Irwin Corey

       • r*....@****.com
         02/04/1998 09:49:38 UTC

         In article <6fu2nd$6om$*...@c****.****i.com>,
         p***....@n***.****i.com (The

         Person Your Mother Warned You About) wrote:

         >The frozen alcohol was found in the permanent shadows at the base
         of Crater

         >Marguarita. The crater is unusual in that it is rimmed with a thin
         layer of

         >sodium chloride, probably created at roughly the same time that the
         alcohol

         >was introduced.

         The last transmission by the Mars Rover indicated singlt-malt
         whiskey,

         aged over a million years. Do we need more impetus to go exploring?

         --

         Shockwave radio: Science Fiction/Science Fact/Weirdness Unbound

         http://www.visi.com/~romm

         "If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going."

         -- Professor Irwin Corey