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    First Image of Actual Moon Bombing Impact

    Reminder: How to Watch the Moon Bombing In Real Time

    How to Watch the Moon Bombing In Real Time

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    Image of ravtoy08 ravtoy08
    10/10/09

    In reply to First Image of Actual Moon Bombing Impact
    Didn't the US put people on the moon, maybe they should ask these guys to see if there was water on the moon...To go and shoot a missile a something that as so much effect on our weather and eco systems is pure nuts. Way to go brainiacs.
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    Image of quayzar quayzar
    10/11/09

    @ravtoy08: That impact is the equivalent of hitting a fly with a lorry or large truck. It did nothing more to the Moon than the impacts from the average asteroid hitting surface due to lack of atmosphere. Since they are brainiacs I guess they knew that.
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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    10/10/09

    In reply to First Image of Actual Moon Bombing Impact
    Yes, right there, so we all would all notice a single boobie on the moon!
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    10/10/09

    In reply to First Image of Actual Moon Bombing Impact
    There has to be a better way to test for water. This was a weapons test. See Rods from Gods....
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    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    10/10/09

    In reply to First Image of Actual Moon Bombing Impact
    The smack didn't look as amazing as the CGI video clip that was floating around. Next time, instead of using dead weight, use Rossie O'Donald or bust.
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    Image of bfzero bfzero
    10/10/09

    In reply to First Image of Actual Moon Bombing Impact
    50 years after we first landed on the moon and this is all NASA can come up with? Where are my Moon bases NASA? My permanent habitations in space? NASA has failed to make any real progression in space ever since Voyager. They should stop being the world's elementary school science lab and work more on the technology needed to colonize the stars.

    NASA needs to fix itself up, or risk being disbanded in favor of a far more competent and aggressive organization.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    10/10/09

    @bfzero: They spent all the money on wars and the military. The only reason NASA got so much funding back in the 60s is because the Pentagon was using NASA tech for their ICBMs. Now that ICBM's are perfected, MIRVED and have CEP's of just a few feet, they don't need NASA anymore.

    Who cares about water? There is no OIL there.
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    Image of estpaul estpaul
    10/09/09

    In reply to First Image of Actual Moon Bombing Impact
    its not a bomb giz, its just a satellite sent to land on the moon to check for water...
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    10/10/09

    @estpaul: Depends on how you define "bomb". There were no explosives, but given the kinetic energy, there was no need. Let's just say that if this thing hit your house - it would "blow up".
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    Image of Bos'un's Mate Bos'un's Mate
    10/09/09

    In reply to First Image of Actual Moon Bombing Impact
    A scale on the photos would have been nice. The craters exhibit strong self-similarity.
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    Image of DoogieFullHouser DoogieFullHouser
    10/10/09

    @Bos'un's Mate: Cool, thanks for the link, made for some good 1 am self edu-makatin!
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    Image of Him Him
    10/09/09

    In reply to First Image of Actual Moon Bombing Impact
    I only have one complaint about the mission.
    1. They put the camera on the Centaur. (the one that bombed the moon.) instead of a really high-powered telescope.
    I do have a couple of questions.
    1. What exactly did they put in the Centaur to maximize the crater?
    2. Did they put explosives? 'Cause that would have been epic.
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    Image of t3knomanser t3knomanser
    10/09/09

    @Zander: No, it wouldn't have. Kinetic energy, in this case, was about half a ton of TNT. Given the expense of shipping shit to the moon, a half ton of TNT on top of the kinetic energy would have increased the cost exponentially, but only doubled the result and corrupted the data, since TNT would have added water to the output.
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    Image of G.O.B.: Come on! G.O.B.: Come on!
    10/09/09

    In reply to First Image of Actual Moon Bombing Impact
    When they hyped it to the press, did they think people were going to pitch tent for these kinds of photos? I wanted *Pew pew pew BOOM!*
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    Image of t3knomanser t3knomanser
    10/09/09

    @G.O.B.: Come on!: They didn't hype it to the press. The press hyped it to the public because, well "MOON BOMBING" makes better headlines than, "They're going to chuck something at the moon and watch the dust cloud it creates."
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    Image of topcatyo topcatyo
    10/09/09

    In reply to First Image of Actual Moon Bombing Impact

    These guys are not pleased.
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/09/09

    @topcatyo: I hope you can see this, because I'm doing it as hard as I can.
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    Image of Chimaera Chimaera
    10/09/09

    @lostarchitect: You have deeply offended us and our god. And our god is a god of vengeance, and horror.
    And action!
    Our god is an Indian that turns into a wolf.

    Fear the Wolfen.
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    Image of drewdrawsLA drewdrawsLA
    10/09/09

    In reply to First Image of Actual Moon Bombing Impact

    That's not an impact, THIS is an impact
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    Image of t3knomanser t3knomanser
    10/09/09

    @DrewTweetsToo: The relative velocity, in that case, was almost 5 times greater. If you want to complain to anyone, complain to the slow-ass Moon, not NASA.
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    Image of ithyphallus, bonks morrigan ithyphallus, bonks morrigan
    10/08/09

    In reply to Reminder: How to Watch the Moon Bombing In Real Time
    i don't think the Moon's going to like that...
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    Edited by ithyphallus, bonks morrigan at 10/08/09 11:37 PM ithyphallus, bonks morrigan was starred ithyphallus, bonks morrigan was unstarred
    Image of ithyphallus, bonks morrigan ithyphallus, bonks morrigan
    10/08/09

    @ithyphallus, lazy beareaucrat:
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    Image of OtKyle OtKyle
    10/09/09

    @ithyphallus, lazy beareaucrat: LMFAO
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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    10/08/09

    In reply to Reminder: How to Watch the Moon Bombing In Real Time
    Spoiler alert for Evangelion Fans

    Spoiler!

    In Rebuild of Evangeion second impact happens on the moon and causes a huge gaping hole (not Antarctica, like the original) and causes the crazy climate changes. So, NERV, are you up to something? Are we gonna have some EVAs soon?
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    10/08/09

    In reply to How to Watch the Moon Bombing In Real Time
    You know what? I'm going to watch is on youtube tomorrow evening. By then someone will have put up a video with the best shots and slow mo and everything.
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    Image of oxfdblue000 oxfdblue000
    10/08/09

    In reply to How to Watch the Moon Bombing In Real Time
    The mission cost NASA about $70 million.

    NASA's total budget is 7/10th of 1% of the total Federal Budget, about $20 billion. So this mission is small change in the grand scheme of things.
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