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Old 12-20-2006
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Hi Bluefire,
Here is another question in my mind that has me a little confused also,
They say they have detected Methane and other Gases, and from what I understand, its the gravitational forces that may be responsible for heating the interior of the moon, and squeezing the moon to cause theses geysers of ice water, to my mind that means that the water is liquid underground at some time or another, and thus has to be heated to expand, and then be pushed up wards and out, shouldn't this also free up the oxygen thats in the water? I am surmising that if indeed this is water ice that they see, then there must be Oxygen underground, but why they have detected these other gases and no Oxygen really seems to bother my intuition, there seems to be something missing or wrong with my thinking.
Is it not true that, when you heat water, especially under pressure, it should form steam? and Oxygen is also released?
Dennis
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