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Article #6356Lunar ice
From: David.Anderman
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 09:14
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 09:14
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The Lunar Resources Data Purchase Act does not specify which frequncies in the spectra should be obtained by the government from private vendors; an interagency group will determine what we need to determine if there is water ice at the poles of the Moon. However, video of the Moon is relatively expensive, and should be avoided if we are to afford a mission any time soon. There are instruments that are much more effective in locating water ice than video, than at a much lower cost. However, I believe that it is possible for a vendor to mount a mission to the Moon, return the specified data to the government and carry a video camera to return detailed lunar data for re-sale to virtual reality companies in the late 1990's - there be a market down the road for that stuff. --- Maximus 2.01wb
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.claremont.edu!ucivax!ofa123!David.Anderman From: David.Anderman@ofa123.fidonet.org Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Lunar ice X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992 Message-ID: <n1308t@ofa123.fidonet.org> Date: 24 Dec 92 09:14:10 Lines: 17