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traditional Power-User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boston Massachusetts U.S.A. Posts: 398 Good Answers: 4	Excavation on the Moon 04/07/2008 5:40 AM
	About a year ago I saw an article that offered a cash prize for the best design to excavate soils on the moon. I wondered if anyone else saw the article . I thought it was an interesting challenge I had some ideas of my own. __________________ Lighten up
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traditional Power-User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boston Massachusetts U.S.A. Posts: 398 Good Answers: 4	#1 Re: excavation on the moon 04/07/2008 6:01 AM
	I found an update google excavation on the moon see the New scientist Space May 14 2007 or www.space.com/news Apparently no-one won the $125,000 prize it has been increased to $250,000 I'm in!!!! __________________ Lighten up
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Hendrik Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Centurion, South Africa Posts: 3921 Good Answers: 97	#2 In reply to #1 Re: excavation on the moon 04/07/2008 9:14 AM
	When is the site inspection? __________________ Never do today what you can put of until tomorrow - Student motto
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traditional Power-User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boston Massachusetts U.S.A. Posts: 398 Good Answers: 4	#3 In reply to #2 Re: excavation on the moon 04/07/2008 10:28 AM
	Don't know check out the site I showed __________________ Lighten up
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ffej Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Geelong, Australia Posts: 1084 Good Answers: 54	#4 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/08/2008 12:28 AM
	Could be handy if we're looking for a TMA. Bye Arthur. ffeJ __________________ If there's something you don't understand...Then a wizard did it. As heard on "The Simpsons".
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Snaketails Guru Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wrong end of the yellow brick road in Oz Posts: 930 Good Answers: 15	#5 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/08/2008 2:18 AM
	What power supplies are available, or do they have to be integrated into the launching mechanism? Just thinking along the lines of those thrill rides at Theme parks, where you accel then go up a ramp, then free fall back. __________________ Qn, Whats the differance between a Snake and a Onion? Ans, No one cries when you chop up a Snake
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traditional Power-User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boston Massachusetts U.S.A. Posts: 398 Good Answers: 4	#6 In reply to #5 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/08/2008 5:21 AM
	I believe here are specific power allowances check out the site . __________________ Lighten up
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case491 Guru Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1817 Good Answers: 7	#7 In reply to #6 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/08/2008 4:30 PM
	Sorry but you provide no link. We can find our own google sites ok but how do we know we are talking about the same web page you mentioned? Please feed us a link. Thank you
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traditional Power-User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boston Massachusetts U.S.A. Posts: 398 Good Answers: 4	#8 In reply to #7 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/08/2008 7:12 PM
	as I described before I googled "excavation on the moon" saw an article in "New scientist space" clicked it . want me to do it again ? __________________ Lighten up
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traditional Power-User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boston Massachusetts U.S.A. Posts: 398 Good Answers: 4	#9 In reply to #8 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/08/2008 7:22 PM
	OK I googled "excavation on the moon new scientist space " and found one article "excavation on the moon "shows many other articles as well I typed with the same spacing , if that helps . I thought everyone would enjoy the topic I hope that gets you there . __________________ Lighten up
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EnviroMan Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gone to Alabama with my banjo on my knee... Posts: 5595 Good Answers: 20	#10 In reply to #9 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/09/2008 6:11 AM
	Yeah, I did that too. It got me here: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11846-no-one-scoops-the-prize-at-moon-digger-contest.html That the right one? (I think this is what they wanted, some folks don't Google well I guess...) __________________ Veni, vidi, video - I came, I saw, I got it on film.
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traditional Power-User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boston Massachusetts U.S.A. Posts: 398 Good Answers: 4	#13 In reply to #10 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/09/2008 4:38 PM
	Thanks for providing the link I am a two finger typer so it makes it a little difficult I'm glad you handled it. I looked at some other info on a NASA site I'm gearing up to unveil my idea __________________ Lighten up
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EnviroMan Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gone to Alabama with my banjo on my knee... Posts: 5595 Good Answers: 20	#14 In reply to #13 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/09/2008 5:00 PM
	Hey, don't feel bad about that - most people need 10 fingers to type with...if you can do the same job with 20% of the equipment, you're way ahead! __________________ Veni, vidi, video - I came, I saw, I got it on film.
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case491 Guru Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1817 Good Answers: 7	#15 In reply to #10 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/09/2008 5:20 PM
	While others are googled
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EnviroMan Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gone to Alabama with my banjo on my knee... Posts: 5595 Good Answers: 20	#16 In reply to #15 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/09/2008 5:39 PM
	Great Googly-Moogly! __________________ Veni, vidi, video - I came, I saw, I got it on film.
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3Doug Guru Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kiefer OK Posts: 1325 Good Answers: 22	#17 In reply to #10 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/09/2008 8:52 PM
	some folks don't Google well I guess... Do they make pills for that? I've been thinking that my company, Consolidated Gookumpucky, should start producing the binders used in pills. We could also make sealants suitable for the lunar environment. I smell ! __________________ I wonder..... Would Schrödinger's cat play with a ball of string theory?
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EnviroMan Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gone to Alabama with my banjo on my knee... Posts: 5595 Good Answers: 20	#18 In reply to #17 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/10/2008 8:26 AM
	"Consolidated Gookumpucky" I knew that was your outfit! Say: "...should start producing the binders used in pills. We could also make sealants suitable for the lunar environment..." Play the chemical structures just right, and this could be just one product with multiple uses. After all, pills that fix the "doesn't Google well with others" syndrome will need to be very slow release over considerable time, thus highly stable binders will be required. Sealants suitable for Lunar use would almost be that durable, but a little overkill there couldn't hurt... My Granddad used to swear by (and occasionally AT) several of your products... __________________ Veni, vidi, video - I came, I saw, I got it on film.
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Hendrik Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Centurion, South Africa Posts: 3921 Good Answers: 97	#11 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/09/2008 8:09 AM
	I thought it was a real contract coming out. Do they accept simulated tenders? __________________ Never do today what you can put of until tomorrow - Student motto
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EnviroMan Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gone to Alabama with my banjo on my knee... Posts: 5595 Good Answers: 20	#12 In reply to #11 Re: Excavation on the Moon 04/09/2008 8:49 AM
	This is a drill, this is a drill, this is only a drill. Had this been a real life, you would have received further instructions on where to go and what to do. © Do not steal this line, I think I will use it for my tag line the next morph cycle... __________________ Veni, vidi, video - I came, I saw, I got it on film.
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