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Offline watsisname

NASA to blow up the moon today
on: October 08, 2009, 10:47:33 pm
Well, a tiny piece of it, anyway.  ;)  http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/05oct_lcrossvg.htm

I have to say it's a pretty cool way to conduct an experiment, smashing a half-ton rocket booster into the moon at several kilometers a second.  You get your scientific data and a nice fireworks show to boot. :D  They hope to find signs of water-ice at the impact site (a deeply shadowed polar crater), and I expect that they'll find plenty.  But frankly I look forward more to the pretty boom.

Impact is at ~11:30UT and will be broadcast on NASA TV.
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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #1 on: October 08, 2009, 10:53:23 pm
Don't you know the moon is a hologram? :drevil:

Sooo I'm not sure what the mooncast is but will I be able to see it from my front porch?  :D
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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #2 on: October 08, 2009, 11:37:11 pm
Strange how my play list figured it was a good time to randomly pick Imperial Death March while reading this.  Even stranger since I don't remember adding it to there in the first place. :nervous:
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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #3 on: October 09, 2009, 01:08:13 am
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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #4 on: October 09, 2009, 03:06:52 am
That's no moon.. that's a space station!
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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #5 on: October 09, 2009, 03:52:45 am
Weel, if they do find water there, it may very well destroy the entire premise for CoW2.
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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #6 on: October 09, 2009, 04:08:17 am
You can watch the thing here live:

http://www.slooh.com/special_feed.php
 

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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #7 on: October 09, 2009, 04:41:20 am
I can't, i'll be at work
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Offline watsisname

Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #8 on: October 09, 2009, 05:30:56 am
NASA's coverage just began, you can stream it here:  http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Update:  Booooooo, that was dissapointing.  Maybe Hubble got a good pic though. :x
Seeing a mission controller get denied a high five was hilarious though.  What a dick move.
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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #9 on: October 09, 2009, 09:08:48 am
It actually looked pretty good through the 26"...

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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #10 on: October 09, 2009, 12:20:20 pm
NASA's war on the Moon begins

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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #11 on: October 09, 2009, 12:33:18 pm
at least its a war on something tangible not a concept like Terror
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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #12 on: October 10, 2009, 11:50:18 am
WATER

UNGH

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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #13 on: October 10, 2009, 12:14:31 pm
I'd like to see you try and live without any water for forty days. :p
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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #14 on: October 10, 2009, 02:24:51 pm
Janos....Jesus?

Coincidence, maybe he could live without for forty days?


Did this Moon-Splosion happen then?

I want screenies! If not a time of impact for GMT standard so i can watch it. If it falls at GMT standard night i mean.
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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #15 on: October 10, 2009, 02:53:43 pm


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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #16 on: October 10, 2009, 03:11:58 pm
This reminds me of something, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3zxDHsyKvs  :D :D
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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #17 on: October 10, 2009, 03:49:21 pm
Sky & Telescope had the photos from the 200" on Palomar up on their website for a bit (they've been replaced by other photos from the 70" planetary scope which are, perversely, better), taken at 10 seconds and 15 seconds after impact.

The photos are beautiful, you'd think they were taken from the next hill over. Unfortunately, they also show clearly the impact produced no plume of dust or debris.
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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #18 on: October 10, 2009, 06:04:08 pm
Don't suppose you saved any?

Or a link :)
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Re: NASA to blow up the moon today
Reply #19 on: October 10, 2009, 06:55:01 pm
This was a fun read on the subject:
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1478/1
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