Shoot the moon

[longam]

Catch a live broadcast from the LCROSS space probe as it shoots a projectile into the lunar surface to gather more space stuff.

NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission will come to a dramatic conclusion at approximately 4:30 a.m. PDT (7:30 a.m. EDT) on Friday, Oct 9, 2009, with the impact of the LCROSS Centaur upper stage rocket and four minutes later, the impact of the LCROSS Shepherding Spacecraft into Cabeus crater near the moon’s south pole. To mark the event, NASA Ames Research Center is hosting ‘LCROSS Impact Night.’ News media are invited to cover the three-part event that is open to the public and free of charge.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LC...ain/index.html

[SteamWake]

I posted something on this the other day. Dident get much interest though.

Dident know they had a live feed... its probably hours of boredom though.

Ill have to check it out. Thanks

[Letum]

Death to the moon dwellers!
Death to the lunar aggressors!
May they all be crushed and die under our mighty bombardment.
Earth shall prevail; victory shall be total.
We will make them pay for their arrogance.

[FIREWALL]

Lets not damage the largest supply of green cheese in the universe.

[SteamWake]

Wait shouldent we have unconditional negotiations first?

[Oberon]

It'll be after we do this that we'll find out that the Moon is actually the Death Star in disguise....

[SteamWake]

I watched a show "Universe" the other night. I was amazed at the fact that the Moon is slowly moving further from the earth.

To the tune of an inch or so a year

Eventually it will be far enough that it will have a dramatic effect on our climate and oceans.

Wheres Al Gore when you need em.

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

I watched a show "Universe" the other night. I was amazed at the fact that the Moon is slowly moving further from the earth.

To the tune of an inch or so a year

Eventually it will be far enough that it will have a dramatic effect on our climate and oceans.

Wheres Al Gore when you need em.

Nah, they're way too slow, we'll bombard them to rubble before they can get out of range!

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Nah, they're way too slow, we'll bombard them to rubble before they can get out of range!

Al Gore is too slow?

Well maybe but not in that way... I think you have misquoted there.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Oberon

It'll be after we do this that we'll find out that the Moon is actually the Death Star in disguise....

No the Death Star orbits Saturn:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimas_(moon)

Speaking of Saturn a new massive ring around Saturn has been discovered:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...g-largest.html

If the new ring were visible from Earth, it would look twice as wide as the full moon.

[SteamWake]

Well the deed is done, I dident see it personally but understand it was rather anticlimatic.

I guess it dident wake Godzilla

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Oberon

It'll be after we do this that we'll find out that the Moon is actually the Death Star in disguise....

I think we all know it was done to destroy the secret Soviet moon landing site.

[Task Force]

I heard it was a failure...

all there maths = fail... lol

[longam]

Got to see the camera shot as it went splat, whoopee!

[Task Force]

Originally Posted by longam

Got to see the camera shot as it went splat, whoopee!

HAHAHA nasa Fails on camera... anyone have a vid?