Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2021/01/04/the-moon-is-mysteriously-rusting-and-scientists-think-its-our-fault.html
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LIES!!
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Obviously the astronauts didn’t wipe their boots off first.
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our fault
I literally can’t
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Just needs a new coat of paint.
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Red Leicester?
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“…and there needed to be an explanation for why it’s on the Moon,” Sun said.
Of course the Moon and Sun will blame the earth.
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Your Mom was right! This is why we can’t have nice things.
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The cosmos are wild.
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Possibly. Also a cracking good Pirate Name.
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Indian Space Research Organization’s Chandrayaan-1 Moon Mineralogy Mapper.
Say that ten times.
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Yeah, if, as stated
It’s possible that the oxygen even made the trip billions of years ago, when the Earth and Moon were closer to one another.
then that’s a pretty weird definition of “our fault”, seeing as we’re discussing events that possibly took place eons before our ancient ancestors stumbled out of the primordial soup
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PREPARE! The space dragon egg enters the final phase.
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Well, it decreases resale value a bit but shouldn’t impact performance.
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It’s the same kind of muddled thinking when the press reports on climate change. If everyone is to blame, then no one is to blame.
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I think I know who is to blame.
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Rust Monsters on the Mooooon!
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Huh, hematite - so it’s a literal blood-moon, (etymologically speaking)
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