The Moon's Magnetic Umbrellas

eldavojohn writes "When it comes to space exploration, there are things that are good for humans (water) and things that are bad for humans (radiation). In order for exploration of the moon to occur, its lack of a global magnetic shield to block solar radiation must be addressed. Luckily, scientists have discovered that there are highly magnetized areas of the moon's crust that could shield settlements." From the article: "Current evidence suggests that impact-basin ejecta materials [material blasted out by huge asteroid or comet impacts] are the most likely sources of many or all of the magnetic fields ... These ejecta contain microscopic metallic iron particles that are the carriers of the magnetization."

hmmm...

[operato]

can't we just hide underneath some rocks? or can radiation get through moon rock since it's made of cheese?

Three words

[Anonymous Coward]

Rediculous Liberal Myth

And not just the umbrellas, the whole moon.

This is ridiculous

[Timesprout]

How the fuck can cheese possibly be magnetic!

TMA-1

[$RANDOMLUSER]

I understand there's a large magnetic anomoly in the Tycho crater...

Short List

[richdun]

Other things that are bad for humans in space:

Vaccuum
Lack of hospitable worlds within a light-lifetime of Earth
Space junk in LEO
Lack of food/flora/fauna
Lack of easy return trips
Metric/English conversions
Klingons
Frakking toasters
Pod bay doors
Random ion storms which give superhuman powers
Maniacal dictators who for some reason want to use their newest Deus Ex Machina on Earth ...

Re:Three words

[2nd Post!]

It's a good thing you can't spell ridiculous, or we would have to take you siriusly.

Re:hmmm...

[Anonymous Coward]

It takes work to hid under rocks. Not as much as it takes to use a shift key, but it still takes some work.

Great settlement idea.

[hal2814]

Let's build our moon colony in the areas where there are strange magnetic readings. And when those colonists disappear mysteriously, we can send in a crack commando team to investigate. This would lead to entertaining action, some mild humor, and perhaps even a little romance.

Re:Three words

[hal2814]

No, no, no. It's REDiculous. As in the Reds or Commies. It's not just bad, it's Communist.

Re:Short List

[Apocalypse111]

Random ion storms which give superhuman powers

I thought you said these things were supposed to be bad for humans... if that's the case sign me up, I'll take one for the team here.

Magnetic Anomalies on the Moon

[ettlz]

To: Lightspeed Traveller <[e-mail]>
From: Ascended Super Thingy <[e-mail]>

I still maintain the point that designing a black monolith in 2001 is
a fundamental error. Be thankful you are not my student. You would not
get a high grade for such a design :-)

AST
Head of Alien Protosocietal Development

Alternative explanation

[Rob T Firefly]

Those fields are obviously pollution left behind by some fool leaving his Cavorite sphere idling in park. Will someone please think of the Selenites?

Re:TMA-1

[networkBoy]

Great. You spoiler you. you just ruined it for me, not there's no point in watching the movie. Haven't you heard of ROT-13 encoding for spoilers?
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insensitive clod.

-nB ;)

Re:Short List

[Matimus]

...superhuman powers

...I'll take one for the team

I don't think giving superhuman powers to a guy named Apocalypse111 is the best move.

Magnetic umbrellas?

[smittyoneeach]

Magnetic umbrellas?
Listen, fellas.
Stop the rays
Or so they tell us:
Burma Shave

Re:TMA-1

[Amazing Quantum Man]

He was trying to be super-secret with his spoilers, so he used double ROT-13.

Re:hmmm...

[The Lone Man]

It takes work to hide under rocks. Not as much as it takes to use an 'e' key, but it still takes some work.

Re:Never going to happen

[Anonymous Coward]

2) Mars is ugly too, but even beyond that, it won't be allowed because we won't want to screw up the natural environment for study.

Can't study it properly if we don't go there.

Spirit and Rover both messaged for you to go stuff yourself.

(Apparently they're Slashdot readers -- who knew?)