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Moonlight may be beneficial to sick
science and technology
By: Kelly Lewis
Issue date: 1/24/07 Section: News
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"We used to talk about finding ways to help her," Richard Chapin said. "And light therapy came up as a very big deal."
Although their friend died before they could completeit, they embarked on a $2 million project, uncovering research indicating that light from the moon could have healing powers.
"Moonlight is different from sunlight in that it has its own chemical makeup and spectrum," Chapin said. "Using these parts of the spectrum may indeed help our bodies and immune system."
After following research and a hunch regarding the importance of moonlight on health, the Chapins put their heads together with a team of experts whose backgrounds ranged from optical sciences to mechanical engineering.
Two years later, the result was a massive five-story-high by 60-foot-long moonlight collector, which lives in the darkness of the desert near Kitt Peak, where the greatest amount of moonlight can be reflected.
"We worked long and hard on it and spent a lot of time and money to come up with the first of its kind," Chapin said. "It collects more light than any telescope on earth, and this type of light can be projected at the size of a pinpoint laser or spread out to a 10 or 15 foot area."
Each night, the interstellar light application reflects the light projected from the moon. When aimed towards humans, Chapin said, the effects on health are awe-inspiring.
"We have had over 250 people that have been through it now at different exposures," Chapin said. "Their stories are amazing, from pain alleviation to helping with depression. Something about the moonlight leaves people feeling great."
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Guy Mac
posted 1/24/07 @ 7:51 PM PST
This is an incredible waste of 2 million dollars. It's nothing more than reflected sunlight!
Lisa Perskie
posted 3/04/07 @ 2:25 AM PST
Dear Moonlight Research Team,
I currently am a director of an international school in Brasilia, Brazil and am extremely interested in being updated on your research. (Continued…)
Leah Fontaine
posted 8/15/07 @ 4:07 PM PST
Oh my gosh!!! I want some of this light...leave it to Richard Chapin to come up with such a wonderous project..I have just one thing to say...This popcorn is poison. (Continued…)
Alexander Toniatti
posted 9/04/07 @ 1:12 PM PST
My wife has relapsed non hodgkins lymphoma after chemotherapy in 1996 and thyroid ectomey from thryoid cancer and now she is diagnosed with lymphoma cancer in the intestines. (Continued…)
dan haines
posted 10/03/07 @ 1:23 AM PST
I am interested in visiting and experiencing it for myself. Is that possible?
Alex
posted 12/06/07 @ 3:54 AM PST
If this is true, then imagine what actually going to the moon and feeling the freshly reflected sunlight would do!! And if sunlight reflected of off the rocky mass the moon is would do this, we should all have moonrocks everywhere outside(in gardens, along side roadways, etc) so we could experience the benefits 24/7! Revolutionary! (lol)
tim
posted 12/12/07 @ 8:10 PM PST
It might be good for toasting marshmallows, but I doubt it.
Chris
posted 12/18/07 @ 7:45 AM PST
It blows my mind to know that there are those out there who believe that reflected light from the moon, which is reflected light from the sun, has any medical properties what so ever. (Continued…)
astrid hall
posted 6/23/08 @ 7:45 PM PST
I don't really care if it is healing or not...just standing in that moonlight would be fun. I know I love to dance in the moonlight at home. Astrid
mustafa
posted 6/26/09 @ 5:42 AM PST
sir, i am very serious about this topic and i surely know that renal failiour desease is also covered by moon light but how? its your work to find out. (Continued…)
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