Moon Impact

[Hornin Hong Kong]

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This is cool, if there is a lot of ice we can colonize the moon as any Heinlein fan knows.

 

[jmrob93]

or Asimov

 

[accuratehorn]

Isn't this a clear violation of the ethical standards promoted by the Federation of Planets?

 

[Hornius Emeritus]

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[IRC]

The Prime Directive only deals with contacting alien civilizations. It does not prohibit crash landing a probe onto an uninhabited world.


(Sheesh!)

 

[Longhorny630]

really?

It really pisses me off when people who have absolutely ZERO experience and ZERO background in the science/math/physics world start bitching about things they don't even have the slightest chance of comprehending. Oh really, an object with the mass of 3.22 x10^-18 % of the moon is going to knock the moon out of orbit? And I guess all those other meteors that have been hitting the moon for eons just bounce off the moon. And oh no everybody, our futures are all going to change because the astrological charts are going to change because a tiny little piece of mass is going to collide with the moon to see if there's ice/water up there! Shut your mouth you uneducated chicken little and go back to writing stupid *** books that nobody cares about.

 

[accuratehorn]

It looks like we may have dodged a bullet here. I was worried that an ancient civilization may have left behind a failsafe device that would retaliate against our perceived attack on their homeland. Or maybe the rockets are on their way, and just haven't arrived yet.

 

[CanaTigers]

It was rather disappointing. I was hoping for a giant mushroom cloud coming from the moon.

 

[Dionysus]

If we hit an antbed up there I bet the moon ants have already put it back together. Those little ******* get busy.

 

[HousHorn09]

Oooooo, the Moon gods are NOT going to like this. I better start building that Space Ark that deep, loud voice keeps telling me to.

 

[wolfman]

Theres no wather up there. Everyone knows that sucker is made of cheese.

 

[Perham1]

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[A. BETTIK]

Well I read in the paper they didn't see a cloud of ejecta kicked up. Perhaps if their cameras had been tuned into the Parmasan Cheese wavelength instead of the water wavelength...

 

[Longhorny630]

They were just trying to find a more efficient way of making Cheez-its.

 

[rickysrun]

NASA heard the moon was made of bbq spare ribs.

 

[l00p]

Turns out it was something meatier, er, meteor...Sizzle Lean.

 

[Uninformed]

Is it okay? I peered out my window and it looks like it is only a quarter of the size it was the last time I checked.

 

[Hornin Hong Kong]

excellent thread and i can't tell if Science guy is serious or repsondig to sarcasm with extra saarcasm which either makes him ridiculous or ridiculously awesome.

 

[zork]

wawa or no wawa?

 

[Uninformed]

They are still drawing straws to see who will be the one to take a sip.

 

[Longhorny630]

I'd say I was doing a little bit of both. If you look at the link I posted and scroll down to some of the comments, it seems like people actually believe what she wrote and that is pretty damn sad.

 

[bullzak]

Great image in Scientific American:

 

[Orangesweat]

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