Closer to Deducing the Origin of the Moon

eldavojohn writes "A giant explosion on the sun in January of 2005 allowed SMART-1 (a European spacecraft orbiting the moon) to detect what elements the moon is made up of based on the X-rays from the sun's explosion. This allows scientists to speculate on the moon's origins while seeing data from all over the moon as opposed to the core samples we have collected and returned in the past. From the article: 'Scientists responsible for the D-CIXS instrument on SMART-1 are also announcing that they have detected aluminium, magnesium and silicon. "We have good maps of iron across the lunar surface. Now we can look forward to making maps of the other elements." said SMART-1's Principal Investigator.'"

Moo

[Chacham]

Oh man, you can bet that looking into the moon or bits of it will have you coined as a loony, figuring out its "source" is just plain cheesy, and given its size is anyway having to force a choice between the light and dark side.

It's made of cheese!

[Conspiracy_Of_Doves]

Don't believe me? Go to google moon [google.com] and zoom all the way in.

Origin of moon?

[crazyjeremy]

I thought God made it. Oh well, learn something every day.

Re:Valuable metals?

[LiquidCoooled]

If the moon is made of palladium would the DMCA prevent mining?

The moon was destroyed

[bsa3]

What's now posing as the Moon is really the Fourth Imperium Utu-class planetoid Dahak, hull number 177291 -- the original was destroyed 51,000 years ago.

Almighty God created the moon

[Anonymous Coward]

13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
    14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
    15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
    16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
    17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
    18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Re:Moo

[WilliamSChips]

a choice between the light and dark side.

Except when it's no moon...

Only try to realize the truth:

[amliebsch]

There is no moon.

Vast Deposits

[drewsup]

Where are the vast deposits of cheese Grommit, the Cheeeeeeese!

Re:Almighty God created the moon

[mooingyak]

13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
        14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
        15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
        16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
        17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
        18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

19And God said, Let the lesser light of the night be composed of green cheese.

discrepancy in lunar rocks?

[stupidsocialscientis]

Well of course the "lunar landing" rocks were similar to Earth's, they were from Earth. It is accepted fact that we never went to the moon. The present analyses simply add more support to this fact. Oh, and if you want to know my credentials, as IANAA (the last part can be astronomer or astronaut- take your pick) I watch Fox, and that is where I get all my current information, everything else is in my Bible. You can't imagine how much I have saved on bookcases and moving expenses over the years by only reading and owning one book.

That is perfect.

[Belial6]

You are aboslutly correct, and it seems that you would have the added benefit of being the most secure storage site on the plan... eh... in the solar system.

Re:Huge Explosion

[IflyRC]

Please, do not anger the Great One. He is always watching and always has a slide show ready.

ummmmm...

[night_flyer]

Genesis 1:16
For God made two great lights, the sun and the moon, to shine down upon the earth. The greater one, the sun, presides during the day; the lesser one, the moon, presides through the night. He also made the stars.

Re:Moon Dust

[Anonymous Coward]

they lost it - not sure where they put it....

From cheese ofcourse.

[Anonymous Coward]

Everyone knows that the moon is made of cheese. And if you don't believe my word just ask Google [google.com] for this. Simply zoom in all the way and the truth will be revealed.

Re:Valuable metals?

[thefirelane]

why not just prove it's there, stake a claim on it, and then sell it here on Earth?

Fine... I've just claimed all the gold on the moon, care to buy it from me? I'll start the bidding at $1,000 and you can have first dibs.

Using that logic, why even mine it here on earth?... eventually we'd wind up with some wierd paper notes completely disconnected from actual known gold amounts... crazy!

Re:Cheesy

[Chacham]

That depends. Is the floor carpeted?

Re:Moo

[WilliamSChips]

Overrated? I see the "That's a moon!" crowd is out in full force today...

Re:It's made of cheese!

[morcego]

Well, maybe that is why these guys [rathergood.com] like it so much.

Re:Valuable metals?

[Anonymous Coward]

And a canopener. Don't forget a canopener. Nothing ruins a bowl of campbells soup like having to spit out the buckshot after opening the can with a shotgun.

Re:Valuable metals?

[Anonymous Coward]

All you have to do is to mine 1000x or more what you want to transport. You send a huge lump of material down through the atmosphere and it will end up at your feet no bigger than a chihuahua's head.