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Topic: Wacking the Moon

Author Message Prev Topic | Next Topic  Stuff Cosmic Explorer Our own surfer extraordinaire Joined: 18 November 2005 United States of America Posts: 834 Gender: Male Posted: 08 October 2009 at 7:53pm | IP Logged I have never understood why mankind is so anxious to clutter the solar system with junk. There are better, less wasteful and more precise ways to gather data up close & personal. Here's what will be done tomorrow night (Oct 9th): NASA spacecraft to slam into the Moon in search of water Is this a justification? Lunar crashes won’t hurt the moon A happy ending... The Moon Rises, Again Stuff __________________ "Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right." Sir Laurens van der Post Back to Top    M45Birdy Moderator Joined: 19 December 2005 United States of America Posts: 746 Gender: Female How did your interest in astronomy start? : Through parents/other family members What about astronomy & a space interests you most?: Everything & anything Posted: 10 October 2009 at 12:50am | IP Logged Hey Stuff, Did not look at your link, can  barely type straight as I am pretty Dan well peeved at this one also. Helen only nose ( sorry, when angry mostly try to be funny). I am in no way a scientist, but it seems to me boring a hole at rocket speed into our moon to find evidence of water...at risk of an already fragile planet ,Earth, is well risky. Ms. Moon is a balance for our life here on planet Earth. I can only hope for a successful find. And a balance that works Earth over. ~ Robin __________________ Robin "The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible." - Arthur C. Clarke ~ 'Profiles of the Future", 1961, (Clarke's third law) Back to Top    rsise Cosmic Explorer Bearer of the Cosmic Teapot Joined: 15 December 2005 United States of America Posts: 862 Gender: Female What about astronomy & a space interests you most?: Observational astronomy/skygazing Posted: 10 October 2009 at 2:08pm | IP Logged *     Edited by rsise on 03 April 2010 at 11:33pm __________________ Rebecca There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ~George Carlin Back to Top    LYPD Hero of the Galaxy Joined: 08 November 2005 United States of America Posts: 412 Gender: Female Posted: 11 October 2009 at 6:21am | IP Logged Japan's SELENE Probe Reaches Lunar Orbit - AP Online | Encyclopedia.com   See if this works for you. __________________ Clear Skies Lili Back to Top    LYPD Hero of the Galaxy Joined: 08 November 2005 United States of America Posts: 412 Gender: Female Posted: 11 October 2009 at 6:24am | IP Logged Chang'e 1 - Explore the Cosmos | The Planetary Society   Yes we are cluttering up the skies above. __________________ Clear Skies Lili Back to Top    rsise Cosmic Explorer Bearer of the Cosmic Teapot Joined: 15 December 2005 United States of America Posts: 862 Gender: Female What about astronomy & a space interests you most?: Observational astronomy/skygazing Posted: 11 October 2009 at 12:17pm | IP Logged *   Edited by rsise on 03 April 2010 at 11:34pm __________________ Rebecca There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ~George Carlin Back to Top    Stuff Cosmic Explorer Our own surfer extraordinaire Joined: 18 November 2005 United States of America Posts: 834 Gender: Male Posted: 14 October 2009 at 7:24pm | IP Logged It seemed to be a waste of money (U.S.A. citizen tax money) crashing a probe when a soft landing fully automated rover could do the job better. Maybe the rover would also find a "dry hole," but it would be able to move to another site within the crater and repeat the tests. Many tests for the price of one rocket to the Moon seems to be more economical (and less messy) than one rocket, one test... That is just my opinion. Stuff __________________ "Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right." Sir Laurens van der Post Back to Top

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