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| Author: | Fizz [ Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Nasa to bomb the moon |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/0 ... 11038.html Lol. |
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| Author: | warez.exe [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | pretty cool huh? |
We will learn alot about the composition of the moon's topsoil inside the crater they are going to 'smack' a rocket into...They're not going to actually bomb it. |
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| Author: | Stonedar420 [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:39 am ] |
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This is the typical way they find out the composition of objects in space. Fire a slug at it, at a given speed. Whats throw into the air can be read by telescopes, and what ever is vaporised often times leaves chemical signatures behind. I dont believe its been done before, but I've read about it in a few Aurthur Clarke books. Some that were written before man had even walked on the moon. |
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| Author: | ColeLT1 [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:57 am ] |
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There are people out there seriously demanding for us to not do this. This impact is hundreds of times smaller than the impacts that have cratered the surface of the moon. The reason we are doing this though, is to aim for a polar region (most likely to have water), and to have all our observation equipment aimed and ready. Some of the comments were quite funny. It really should be, "impact" not "bomb." There is no explosion. If you drop a rock from your roof, did you just bomb your yard? |
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| Author: | Fizz [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:58 am ] |
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Just be sure to have your telescope, 10 to 12 inches or lager, out that night. |
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| Author: | cornholio [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:59 am ] |
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Already marked my calendar for this. There would be two impacts. The first one by the rocket and the second one by the instrument measuring the first ones impact. Awesome stuff. |
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| Author: | warez.exe [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:05 am ] |
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Actually Cole. The impact inside a large crater and this impact will not even come close to the size of an actual meteoroid "bump". |
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| Author: | Stonedar420 [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:31 am ] |
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Fizz.. a 4 inch telescope, a good one, would run you about $500 |
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| Author: | bob [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:09 am ] |
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I'll be watching on the intartubes. |
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| Author: | Fizz [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:23 pm ] |
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Stonedar420 wrote: Fizz.. a 4 inch telescope, a good one, would run you about $500
What, you don't have a spare 5 grand for a 12 inch? Ha ha. |
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| Author: | Wraith [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:33 pm ] |
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Fizz wrote: Just be sure to have your telescope, 10 to 12 inches or lager, out that night.
I think I'm more interested in keeping mine pointed at the house across field. |
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| Author: | chunky3 [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:42 pm ] |
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I hate it when stupid people think like this: R-tard:NASA is going to blow up the moon? They r so dum omg omg dats SO stupid wuy would they blow up tha muun?1?! They don't even bother to figure out why and for what purpose NASA is doing it. |
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| Author: | Awesome X [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:47 pm ] |
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I hate everyone. |
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| Author: | cornholio [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:13 pm ] |
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Funny how those people think that they know more than the people who study and do this for a living. |
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| Author: | warez.exe [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:57 pm ] |
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well if we didn't have skeptics, where would politics go? |
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