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SteamWake
10-06-09, 03:02 PM
On the Moon :haha:

Well there shooting stuff at it at any rate. :03:


So why is NASA smacking a probe into the Moon at high speed, and why there?


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/09/14/lcross-impact-site-picked/
Task Force
10-06-09, 03:04 PM
awww... the sites down...

anyways... wonder why they would do this... to examin under the moons exterior... or something.
Hakahura
10-06-09, 03:10 PM
Site is still down.

Are you referring to the planned probe, that will impact the moon at extreme velocity to enable another orbiting probe, to analyse the debris cloud for H2O and other potentially useful compounds and minerals buried beneath the moons surface?

Could be that.

Or maybe someone mentioned that Osama Bin Laden is hiding in there?
SteamWake
10-06-09, 03:11 PM
Site is still down.

Are you referring to the planned probe, that will impact the moon at extreme velocity to enable another orbiting probe, to analyse the debris cloud for H2O and other potentially useful compounds and minerals buried beneath the moons surface?

Could be that.

Or maybe someone mentioned that Osama Bin Laden is hiding in there?

Yes thats the one... Im guessing the site got swamped by all the Subsim folks trying to visit :haha:

It was working when I posted this... obviously cause I quoted it.
Task Force
10-06-09, 03:12 PM
Site is still down.

Are you referring to the planned probe, that will impact the moon at extreme velocity to enable another orbiting probe, to analyse the debris cloud for H2O and other potentially useful compounds and minerals buried beneath the moons surface?

Could be that.

Or maybe someone mentioned that Osama Bin Laden is hiding in there?

Or it could be aliens... lol
MothBalls
10-06-09, 03:33 PM
Try this one:

http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/observation.htm
or
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/index.html
Skybird
10-06-09, 03:48 PM
The only victims of a war against Luna are the Lunatics. Maybe we should fire a UN delegation up there to negotiate a peace treaty while there still is time. :shucks:
SteamWake
10-06-09, 03:56 PM
The only victims of a war against Luna are the Lunatics. Maybe we should fire a UN delegation up there to negotiate a peace treaty while there still is time. :shucks:

I support this idea. In fact lets send the whole freakin deligation up there.
Task Force
10-06-09, 03:58 PM
I say we just invade them... mutch more intresting that way... lol...
antikristuseke
10-06-09, 05:03 PM
The moon is not made of cheese, but the cheese is made of moon!
Platapus
10-06-09, 06:18 PM
I say we just invade them... mutch more intresting that way... lol...

Can't invade the moon until we find out whether there is any oil there.
MothBalls
10-06-09, 07:01 PM
The only victims of a war against Luna are the Lunatics. Maybe we should fire a UN delegation up there to negotiate a peace treaty while there still is time. :shucks:

I'm qualified to be one of the first citizens. On behalf of Lunatics I say we don't want a peace treaty. Every society of Lunatics knows that war is good for the economy and brings prosperity through weapons sales and military bases. Just ask any American.

I say we just invade them... mutch more intresting that way... lol...

As long as you plan to stick around for the next 10 years rebuilding infrastructure (with your money, not ours) and providing security to the region, we welcome the invasion.

Can't invade the moon until we find out whether there is any oil there.

There is nothing there but rocks. That never stopped anyone from invading Afghanistan, which is nothing but rocks. However, Lunatic rocks are worth millions according to this article.

http://www.space.com/news/malta_moon_040521.html
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) -- A tiny moon rock believed to be worth about $5 million was stolen from a museum in Malta, 30 years after President Richard Nixon donated it to the Mediterranean island nation.
Platapus
10-06-09, 07:20 PM
Originally Posted by Platapus http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/smartdark/viewpost.gif (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=1185008#post1185008)
Can't invade the moon until we find out whether there is any oil there.

There is nothing there but rocks. That never stopped anyone from invading Afghanistan, which is nothing but rocks. However, Lunatic rocks are worth millions according to this article.

Actually there is about 1.6 billion barrels of oil in AF.

But we are not in AF for the oil, we are in AF for the pipeline.
http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa48119.000/hfa48119_0.HTM