[Jewelry making - Article 00108] - Re: [Orchid] Lunar stones apprisal

[John Donivan]

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>>    There should be fossils on the Moon. 

>     Absolutely not one iota of scientific evidence to back this
>     statement up. You can think what you like but science doesn't say
>     it's so. 

    http://www.panspermia.org/zhmur2.htm 

    First hit from Googling "fossils on moon" - not definative, but
    provocative. 

>>    NASA will be starting a base there before 2020 

>     I'd love to see this happen, but frankly I don't think there's
>     much chance of this either. 

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061204-moon-base.html

    All of which is really beside the point, as Daniel pointed out. The
    fascinating thing is that if there are fossils on other moons or
    planets, where did they come from? Earth or elsewhere? The moon has
    never been "alive" - Mars is in question, but the moon has never
    been big enough to hold an atmosphere, among other things. Having a
    base on the moon is pretty much a done deal, probably - the question
    is when and by whom, mostly, and in these times I like to remember
    that it's unless mankind's population gets cut in half due to global
    warming's effects - unpleasant but humankind may have to shift some
    priorities in the next 100 years. 

    Just FYI - I'm no expert on space travel, but I grew up with it up
    close and personal. My father was an engineer with the manned space
    program beginning with the V-2's brought over from Germany. My
    mother liked to tell the story of how she had to go across the
    courtyard and apologise to Mrs. Von Braun (who didn't speak English)
    because my 2 year old sister went and stomped on their egg delivery,
    just for fun. Sat in the X-15, Dad came home and said "The Freedom
    Seven" had stopped by today, my older brother babysat astronaut's
    kids, toured the backside of MSC - lots of stuff. Mercury, Gemini
    and Apollo. Just a bit of me.... 

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