Sunday, January 09, 2011

It's Dead Jim

The Moon is dead! Dead, I tell you!

Oh wait...maybe not...

Next thing you know they'll discover that it isn't dry.

Oh wait...

2 comments:

Paul Weimer said...

Holy crap, Fred.

Given how much Hard SF you read, I think you'll remember the Stephen Baxter story where they try to seismically "restart" the moon.

Frederick Paul Kiesche III said...

The story is interesting from two perspectives. First, it is the latest in a string of recent looks again at "old data" that reveal new stuff. Lunar Orbiter, Apollo, Voyager, Viking: all are being looked at again with new discoveries. Second, it just goes to show you...we don't know everything.

And yes, I recall the Baxter tale.