Credit & Copyright:
Image Courtesy: George Dalisay
Explanation:
In 2009,
space missions
revealed tantalizing
signs of water
on or near the lunar surface, once thought of as a dry and
desolate environment.
But researchers are now offering this archival picture
as further evidence
that humans might one day be able to use the Moon's newly discovered
resource to directly quench their thirst.
Found in a pile of old
Apollo lunar surface
photographs, the picture reveals an object at the far left of the frame
that appears to be a drinking fountain, surprisingly close to
one of the Lunar Module landing struts.
When asked why no mention of the object was in their reports,
the astronauts replied that they discovered their spacesuit
gloves were too bulky to allow them to activate the fountain,
so they had simply ignored it
during their stay on the lunar surface.
Perhaps not coincidentally, this picture was taken exactly 40
years ago, on
April Fools Day ...
Image Courtesy: George Dalisay
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