🗑️ 🧵 Is the moon really made out of gas?

Anonymous at Wed, 10 Apr 2024 08:46:23 UTC No. 16122095

Speaking on Monday at an eclipse event Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas claims to have "created" at Booker T. Washington High School in her Houston-area district, she tried to provide some scientific explanation for the solar system's workings — but any students who listened are going to fail Astronomy 101.

"You have the energy of the moon at night," Jackson Lee tried explaining to attendees, seeming to misunderstand that the moon doesn't release energy at night, it is merely reflecting light from the sun.

"And sometimes you've heard the word 'full moon,'" she continued. "Sometimes you need to take the opportunity just to come out and see a full moon," which the graduate of Yale explained is a "complete rounded circle which is made up mostly of gases."

Jackson Lee continued, saying "that's why the question is why — or how — could we as humans live on the moon. The gas is such that we can do that," the representative who served on the House's Science Committee and Space and Aeronautics Committee claimed.

Continuing on her celestial tour, Jackson Lee also said that the "sun is a mighty powerful heat and it's almost impossible to go near the sun" while the "moon is more manageable."

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