Mining On The Moon

The Night Watchman writes "This article on Yahoo News outlines the latest plans in the works for a handful of private companies to begin lunar mining missions within the next 10 years."

Why not...

[Anonymous Coward]

crash the whole thing in Wyoming, and mine the elements from the pile of rubbles?

Customs

[Banjonardo]

Hopefully they won't have to go through customs. [slashdot.org]

This is patently absurd.

[Exmet Paff Daxx]

I think we all know the real problem with this idea of "moon mining": flooding the market with cheap, mechanically produced gemstones, allowing multinationals to reap an absurd profit by selling short. As many of you know, the "moon" is a myth.

It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)

Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors .. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt .45 and a .38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.

Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!

Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.

Is it really time to do this?

[MathJMendl]

I think we should finish screwing up our own planet first before we go on and screw up others. Slow and steady does the job.

Re:they shouldn't be able to do this

[Jerf]

What exactly are they "destroying"? Rocks? A dust layer? Undistinguished landscapes?

There's no life on the moon. None. Not even algae to get upset about dying. The only thing that even remotely affects life is the appearance of the moon, specifically the aldebo, and mining is unlikely to change THAT for a long time.

The universe routinely "destroys" entire galaxies for no (known) good reason. Who cares if we pull some stuff out of the moon?

*snort* "destroy the moon" ... jeez... come on! Engage that brain!

Important Information For Slashdot Users

[Anonymous Coward]

Important Information For Slashdot Users

It has come to my attention that many of the Slashdot editors engage in homosexual activities. CmdrTaco is one such person who shares in this, and is often referred to as the leader of a purely gay cult created for the worship and the spreading of Taco-Snotting beliefs and values. For further information on Taco-Snotting please refer to George WIPO Bush's Taco-Snotting FAQ which can be easily found by searching for the Slashdot journal of George WIPO Bush or by looking in the comments of Slashdot articles (usually modded -1).

It has also come to my attention that CmdrTaco has other interests besides homosexuality (believe it or not). One such interest includes a budding music career with a song titled "Wide Anus". The details are very sketchy on this topic but all i know are that besides the vocals of CmdrTaco, it also includes Slashdot editors Timothy and CowboyNeal with various references to others involved in this homosexual cult. One such puzzling oddity is the inclusion of Pamela Lee in the song. If anyone has any information on this specific topic, please post it in under this message in the Slashdot comments. There has been no release date stated for this song or which record label it will be produced under. I believe CmdrTaco is planning to set up his own label, Taco-Snotting Records, with the intention of releasing the song on a cd-single with various remixes as soon as possible to catch the current popularity of this Taco-Snotting fad. Various remixes will include the "Extra Jizz" and the "Non-Stop Hip Hop" versions.

Through a good, non-homosexual friend of mine I have recieved a copy of the lyrics to the Wide Anus musical composition. Included at the end of this post is a speical tribute ending written by yours truely. Perhaps CmdrTaco will ask me to provide the vocals for this ending. Please read the lyrics (they have been bolded) and share your comments and disgust. Thank-you.

Hi, my name is what?
My name is who?
My name is Wide Anus
Hi, my name is huh?
My name is what?
My name is the fudgepacker
Hi, my name is what?
My name is who? (Excuse me)
My name is the nutlicker
Hi, my name is what? (Can I have the attention of your ass?)
My name is who?
My name is the buttsniffer

Hi, kids do you like Anus?
I let Linus Torvalds fill up my butt for a chance to be famous (Uh huh)
Wanna copy me and do exactly like I did? (Yeah)
Try Taco-Snotting and get your butt pumped out like I did?
My brains dead weight
I'm tryin to get my head straight
But I can't figure out
Which Slashdot editor I wanna impregnate
Timothy said, "CmdrTaco you a cutie" (Uh huh)
"I'll give you a deal, let me up in that booty" (OK!)
Well since age 12 I felt like I'm someone else
Cause I choked my original self Taco-Snotting him (Yup)
Got pissed off and ripped Pamela Lee's tits off
She don't know how to do Chris D
I'd suck his dick off

Hi, my anus who?
My anus what?
My anus it gets tapped dawg
Hi, my anus (Excuse me)
My anus
My anus every now and then gets plugged up
Hi, my anus (Can I have the attention of your ass?)
My anus
My anus is occasionally reamed out
Hi, my anus who?
My anus what?
My anus really needs to be filled up

My boss wanted to fire me yesterday
I told him to take his pants off, hooked him up, he let me slide
I pinched his ass
He winked at me
He chased me around the desk
I told him come and get me
Walked in the strip club
Had my jacket zipped up
Flashed the bartender
And I tried to feel his dick up
Extra-terestrial runnin over pedestrians
In a space ship while they screamin at me
Let's just be friends!
99% of my life I was lied to
I just found out my Mom screws more guys than I do (Damn)
I told her I'd grow up to be a famous Taco-Snotter
She met CowboyNeal I couldn't believe it when he slapped her
You know you blew up when the women rush the stands
And try to touch your hands
But I need me a man
This guy at Gay Al's strip club asked for my autograph (Dude can I get your
autograph?)
So I signed it Dear Alan Cox, thanks for the support
Nice ass!

Hi, my name is huh?
My name is who? (Excuse me)
My name is (They call me the pore plugger)
Hi, my name is what?
My name is who?
My name is the inch itcher (Excuse me)
One of Slashdot's gay boys
They call me the butt itcher
Hi, my name is what?
My name is who?
My name is (I've been called Hemos' butt boy)

Stop the tape this gaylord needs to be locked away (Get him)
Cliff don't just stand there operate
Or feel up my balls and buttcheeks
Anal lube got my ass greasy for weeks
Stick your manhood between my cheeks (Yup)
Am I coming or going
I can barely decide
I just drank a pint of semen
Dare me to drive? (Go ahead)
All my life I was very deprived
CowboyNeal's butt is too sexy to hide
Take your pants off Neal I don't mind
Clothes rip like the incredible Hulk
I Taco-Snot when I talk
I do any guy that walks
When I was little I used to get so hungry I would throw fits
Sometimes I sit and wish Hemos had a set of tits
CowboyNeal: "Get behind me CmdrTaco and grab me by my hips"
If I do that then I can't kiss you on your lips
By the way if you see my Dad
Ask him if he seen my spread in Gay Al's porno mag

Hi, my anus who?
My anus what?
My anus gets tapped up
Hi, my anus who?
My anus what?
My anus it's always getting plugged up
Hi, my anus who?
My anus what?
My anus occasionally reamed out
My anus well he needs to be filled up

Your anus
Your anus
Your anus is always getting plugged
Your anus
Your anus
Your anus is always getting stuffed
You wanna diss us?
We don't even know you you little bitch
You wanna sit there and diss us?
You little bitch I'll slap your face off
That's what happens when you go up against the Slashdot Trolls trick
You little bitch (Laughs)
Wide Anus!

Easy way to get at the gold.

[J.C.B.]

Just throw a few nukes at it. It would destabilize it's orbit, and much of it would fall to the ground.

Sure people would die, but gold would be raining down from the sky!

Dennis Hope owns the moon

[Anonymous Coward]

Go to www.lunarembassy.com and you will see that he claimed rights to the moon and other celestial bodies in 1979 by writting a letter the the united nations, US and soviet union to claim said ownership unless there were any objections. They chose not to object and now he sells deeds to land on the moon and in space. Apparently he makes millions of dollars doing this.

This is totally unfair...

[Nathdot]

Sure maybe the mining companies have a lot of money, but consider this for a moment:

Just how are ordinary decent tree-hugging nature-loving separitist activists like myself expected to get up to the moon to protest?

And speaking of unfair, what is there to chain ourselves to up there?

And, also, how are we going to play Woodie Guthrie and smoke Mother Nature's loving green herb without atmosphere.

TOTALLY UNFAIR!

Reminds me of a song!

[Hercynium]

<MUSIC>
If you believe
They put a mine on the moon
[mine on the moon]
</MUSIC>

Not half as useless as Holmium!

[i1984]

I had to do an oral report on holmium in high school. There were something like a dozen references to holmium in my town's university library, and half of them were in Russian. Half the rest simply noted that holmium was named for Stockholm. The remaining three merely commented that holmium is an element (with various element properties) and that it is utterly devoid of practical benefit to human kind.

My report was supposed to be seven minutes long...

If there's holmium on the moon, we should devote our vast technological resources to conquering the ocean's inky mysterious depths!

Yeah...so I'm bitter, Ok?

Re:we never landed on the moon (offtopic)

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take the number of Americans who live in trailer parks with a cross-section of those who think that Vince McMahon is god.

isn't that a bit like saying, take the number of Americans who live in Chicago with a cross-section of those who live in Illinois?

-sam