NASA To Bomb The Moon.

[Whitebootman]

From The Telegraph.

Scientists will see two spacecraft slamming into the moon's south pole at 5,600mph, kicking up a six-mile-high shower of debris that Nasa hopes will confirm the presence of enough water necessary to supply future visits by astronauts.

Amateur astronomers in parts of the world may be able to view the impact through a telescope; for everyone else, the crash will be broadcast live on the NASA website along with early pictures of the lunar dust cloud.

Am I the only one who hopes they also find traces of cheese?

 

[bobbyrob]

Don,t like Cheese,but when is this going to happen

 

[Whitebootman]

Don,t like Cheese,but when is this going to happen

Early hours of Friday morning for first impact, that about 11:30GMT for the second impact.

 

[davek]

There seems to be a bit of a race on now to colonise the moon. I read recently that Chinese and Indian spacecraft orbiting the moon had fired their national flags onto the lunar surface - a traditional way of laying claim to territory. Water could sustain a presence there, I suppose. But what there is to commodify on the moon I dont know. Besides cheese, that is. :huh:

 

[Whitebootman]

There seems to be a bit of a race on now to colonise the moon. I read recently that Chinese and Indian spacecraft orbiting the moon had fired their national flags onto the lunar surface - a traditional way of laying claim to territory. Water could sustain a presence there, I suppose. But what there is to commodify on the moon I dont know. Besides cheese, that is. :huh:

The way NASA is going, a scrap metal dealership perhaps?

 

[Cena]

When an astronaut walks on Mars, that'l will be something special

 

[davek]

The way NASA is going, a scrap metal dealership perhaps?

I watched that story on CNN the other night about NASA workers getting laid off with the Shuttle programme now defunct. I suppose the workers have been told by their employers to watch this space.

 

[spiced nuts]

Crashing [Poor language removed] into the moon? That sounds like a good idea.........

 

[Whitebootman]

When an astronaut walks on Mars, that'l will be something special

I look forward to the day when man walks on the deepest part of the ocean. I expect I'll see the Mars landing before that one though.

 

[Whitebootman]

I watched that story on CNN the other night about NASA workers getting laid off with the Shuttle programme now defunct. I suppose the workers have been told by their employers to watch this space.

They'll land a man in Kirkby next. Probably on the street I grew up on.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

They'll land a man in Kirkby next. Probably on the street I grew up on.

Won't happen in our lifetime

 

[Whitebootman]

Won't happen in our lifetime

It's a shame because they'd definately find water there, it's near the Alt.

 

[dublinbluenose]

To the OP - thinking they may find cheese is just crackers, you need to have a glass a red wine and relax.

 

[NeoNaoNeo]

There seems to be a bit of a race on now to colonise the moon. I read recently that Chinese and Indian spacecraft orbiting the moon had fired their national flags onto the lunar surface - a traditional way of laying claim to territory. Water could sustain a presence there, I suppose. But what there is to commodify on the moon I dont know. Besides cheese, that is. :huh:

Surely Neil Armstrong beat them to that.

 

[chicoazul]

It's a shame because they'd definately find water there, it's near the Alt.

I used to do the jumps over the Aller.

You absolutely honked to high heaven if you fell in which I found a wonderful incentive to 1) choose my jumps carefully and 2) land the jump.