NASA Is Going To Bomb The Moon

patrickwm68 · 10-08-2009, 10:35 PM

And it's costing $79 Million to do it.

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93080?fp=1

Has a hyperactive five-year-old taken over as the director of NASA? It sure seems like it. On Friday morning, an unmanned spacecraft launched in June will crash into the moon's surface. On purpose.

Anyone not named Michael Bay is likely to ask why. Here's the answer: NASA wants to know if the twin impacts of the Lunar Crater Observation and its Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) will reveal any ice or water under the moon's surface.

Finding out shouldn't be an issue. When the twin crafts hit the lunar surface at around 6,000 mph, NASA expects "plumes of moon dust — perhaps full of ice — (to soar) 6.2 miles high above the moon's Cabeus crater."

Anticipation among the earthbound is running high. Lookups on "nasa moon bombing" are scorching the search box. Related queries on "nasa.gov" and "NASA moon mission" are also rocketing skywards. More than a few folks are wondering how much the soon-to-be-destroyed LCROSS costs. Answer: $79 million, according to Christian Science Monitor.

Clearly, this is one of those cases where a picture is worth a thousand words. We're gonna go one better and show you a video from NASA. The animated clip shows what NASA expects to happen. The entire sequence looks a bit like one of Dr. Evil's satellites crashing into the Death Star. In other words, it's awesome.

See it for yourself below.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540...00206#33200206

Tetragrammaton · 10-08-2009, 10:41 PM

Cool.

**Vince-Vell** · 10-08-2009, 10:47 PM

Thus cracking the moon up and causing the end of the world as we know it with all sorts of crap coming at the earth by 2012........

riderV3 · 10-08-2009, 10:47 PM

Maybe they'll find sasquatch under the moon crust.

CessnaDriver · 10-08-2009, 11:07 PM

Accessable water on the moon would make living and working there MUCH easier.

You can obviously drink it, you can split it into hydrogen for fuel and oxygen to breath.

79 million is chump change for a lunar mission to examine this question deeper.

Most movies cost more then that to make these days.

Argonus · 10-08-2009, 11:41 PM

"Anyone not named Michael Bay is likely to ask why."

Classic.

Bay at his best

(his part starts at 1:04) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqoRRsywK5I

sputnik · 10-09-2009, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CessnaDriver

Accessable water on the moon would make living and working there MUCH easier.

You can obviously drink it, you can split it into hydrogen for fuel and oxygen to breath.

79 million is chump change for a lunar mission to examine this question deeper.

Most movies cost more then that to make these days.

Could not agree with you more! Can't wait to put the scope on this one, praying for clear skies. Among astronomers there is a belief that sacrificing a chicken will ensure a cloudless night....KFC should make a fortune!!!

VinReaper · 10-09-2009, 12:35 AM

Awesome! Let'er rip!

VR

CessnaDriver · 10-09-2009, 12:44 AM

It's dramatic science too, so good it is getting attention world wide.

My little scope probably isn't up to the task, but I might give it a shot.

Justin · 10-09-2009, 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Argonus

"Anyone not named Michael Bay is likely to ask why."

Classic.

Agreed!! I cracked up when reading that! :thumbs2