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10/08/2009 01:51:38 PM · #1 |
NASA Moon "Bombings" Tomorrow: Sky Show, Water Expected
With its "bombing" of the moon early tomorrow, NASA's LCROSS mission may beat a telltale signature of water out of a shadowy crater—and all you may need to see it is a good backyard telescope (or maybe a camera set up for astrophotography).
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10/08/2009 02:00:35 PM · #2 |
I expect there will be some Greenpeace activists handcuffed to the crater to delay the bombing?
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10/08/2009 03:13:04 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
... all you may need to see it is a good backyard telescope (or maybe a camera set up for astrophotography). |
NASA says you'll probably need a 10" diameter or larger telescope ... you can also watch it on NASA TV:
Originally posted by NASA Site:
LCROSS Lunar Impact
7:31 a.m. EDT/4:31 a.m. PDT
Friday Oct. 9
A live NASA TV Broadcast is planned for the LCROSS impacts starting at 6:15 a.m. EDT/3:15 a.m. PDT, Oct. 9, on NASA TV and //www.nasa.gov/ntv.
The 1.5 hour broadcast includes:
* Live footage from spacecraft camera
* Real-time telemetry based animation
* Views of LCROSS Mission and Science Operations
* Broadcast commentary with expert guests
* Prepared video segments
* Views of the public impact viewing event at NASA Ames
* Possible live footage from the University of Hawaii, 88-inch telescope on Mauna Kea.
The live LCROSS Post-Impact News Conference will be 10 a.m. EDT/7 a.m. PDT on NASA TV and //www.nasa.gov/ntv. |
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10/08/2009 03:37:35 PM · #4 |
| So I know my attempt at humor was probably not very funny, but why was it removed? |
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10/08/2009 04:32:59 PM · #5 |
I'm not the one who hid it, but it was done because there's no need to veer yet another innocuous topic into a political rant. Your post contributed virtually nothing to the topic and was intended to stir up unnecessary debate.
Originally posted by LoudDog:
So I know my attempt at humor was probably not very funny, but why was it removed? |
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10/08/2009 04:33:01 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I expect there will be some Greenpeace activists handcuffed to the crater to delay the bombing? |
What would be the cause for their opposition? Wait, let me guess...the bomb could alter the orbit of the moon, causing enormous high-tides on earth, flooding mankind and only birds will survive. :D
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10/08/2009 04:34:53 PM · #7 |
| I didn't remove it myself, but probably because it was completely off-topic and in violation of the rule against "threadjacking"? In addition to not being "humor" but just a politically-charged cheap-shot. |
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10/08/2009 04:38:19 PM · #8 |
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10/08/2009 04:49:00 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by jotaga:
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lol was wondering when that lill gem was gonna pop up ;) |
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10/08/2009 04:52:33 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I expect there will be some Greenpeace activists handcuffed to the crater to delay the bombing? |
What would be the cause for their opposition? Wait, let me guess...the bomb could alter the orbit of the moon, causing enormous high-tides on earth, flooding mankind and only birds will survive. :D |
Isnt it a little early for 2012?
:) |
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10/08/2009 04:53:02 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
I didn't remove it myself, but probably because it was completely off-topic and in violation of the rule against "threadjacking"? In addition to not being "humor" but just a politically-charged cheap-shot. |
It was meant as humor, not inteneded as a cheap shot or trying to start a debate. I have no problems starting a new thread in rant if that is my intention. Furthermore, I'd have said the same comment if the other guy won, or if we did this a couple years ago. Lighten up whoever removed it. |
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10/08/2009 11:34:16 PM · #12 |
I'm ready! |
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10/08/2009 11:58:59 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by robshookphoto:
I'm ready! |
Is this what they are going to detonate??? ;-) |
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10/09/2009 01:14:06 AM · #14 |
I'm ready ! With my $400 dollar scope....lol
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10/09/2009 05:44:29 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by VitaminB:
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I expect there will be some Greenpeace activists handcuffed to the crater to delay the bombing? |
What would be the cause for their opposition? Wait, let me guess...the bomb could alter the orbit of the moon, causing enormous high-tides on earth, flooding mankind and only birds will survive. :D |
Isnt it a little early for 2012?
:) |
Actually, we're a bit late. Remember a show titled, "Space 1999"? ...nuclear waste from Earth stored on the moon explodes in a catastrophic accident on 13 September 1999, knocking the moon out of its orbit and sending it and the 311 inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha hurtling uncontrollably into outer space.
I'm expecting the moon to either collide with the earth, or go flying off into space. Make your peace, hug your loved ones, stock up on whiskey, this is going to be wild!
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10/09/2009 06:18:01 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Actually, we're a bit late. Remember a show titled, "Space 1999"? ...nuclear waste from Earth stored on the moon explodes in a catastrophic accident on 13 September 1999, knocking the moon out of its orbit and sending it and the 311 inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha hurtling uncontrollably into outer space. |
Nostalgia much?
That's so weird, cause I was googling Space 1999 just this morning to find out what happened in the last episode.
Message edited by author 2009-10-09 06:18:08. |
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10/09/2009 08:34:25 AM · #17 |
| so was anyone able to see it? |
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10/09/2009 08:40:45 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by rider:
so was anyone able to see it? |
Too bright and too cloudy here. I fold |
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10/09/2009 10:49:22 AM · #19 |
| Not even NASA could see it... so... |
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10/09/2009 11:07:11 AM · #20 |
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10/09/2009 12:01:49 PM · #21 |
| High five fail was good though. |
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10/09/2009 12:03:32 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by JH:
High five fail was good though. |
It was Priceless. |
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10/09/2009 12:05:05 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by robshookphoto:
I'm ready! |
*must...resist...phallic references.
Oops ;) |
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10/09/2009 12:21:27 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by VitaminB:
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I expect there will be some Greenpeace activists handcuffed to the crater to delay the bombing? |
What would be the cause for their opposition? Wait, let me guess...the bomb could alter the orbit of the moon, causing enormous high-tides on earth, flooding mankind and only birds will survive. :D |
Isnt it a little early for 2012?
:) |
Actually, we're a bit late. Remember a show titled, "Space 1999"? ...nuclear waste from Earth stored on the moon explodes in a catastrophic accident on 13 September 1999, knocking the moon out of its orbit and sending it and the 311 inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha hurtling uncontrollably into outer space.
I'm expecting the moon to either collide with the earth, or go flying off into space. Make your peace, hug your loved ones, stock up on whiskey, this is going to be wild!
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i really loved that show, but i never would have remembered that's what happened. good memory! or good googling :) |
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10/09/2009 12:41:30 PM · #25 |
Bombing the moon. Its about dang time we did something about those alien bases up there.
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