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10/7/2009 9:10:31 PM
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Marian
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Coming this Friday (very early morning), the lunar crash in search of water. Either result will be significant http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33210044/ns/technology_and_science-space/
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10/7/2009 9:32:07 PM
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RandyBeck
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There is a twitter feed for those of you inclined to do something to stop it.
You're running out of time.
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"It is this or that -- all the universe or nothing. Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be?"
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10/8/2009 2:11:00 PM
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Marian
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And www.spaceweather.com gives even more details on how to watch it.
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10/9/2009 9:41:54 PM
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Marian
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Considered highly successful from a scientific view but not dramatic http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33226607/ns/technology_and_science-space/
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10/10/2009 3:11:03 PM
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dolphintornsea
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Let's hope it turns out to be a damp squib!
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10/10/2009 4:44:32 PM
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GSH
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The entire population of our planet should be bracing itself against the inevitable moment of Mooninite retalliation.
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10/10/2009 10:09:24 PM
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gdozois
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They should be careful with that thing! The Moon could spring a leak!
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10/11/2009 5:49:38 PM
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Marian
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But what would leak out of the moon??? "Hey look! It's raining green cheese!"
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10/15/2009 9:14:37 PM
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Marian
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Already an odd result http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33310104/ns/technology_and_science-science/
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10/16/2009 9:05:20 PM
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Marian
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Yes, Virginia, there was a plume after all. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33349329/ns/technology_and_science-space/
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10/17/2009 10:22:23 AM
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Bill Moonroe
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I'm just glad NASA succeeded in crashing a probe into the moon. And that they said beforehand that that's what they meant to do. Could you imagine the humiliation if they'd missed?
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10/17/2009 6:32:31 PM
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Marian
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They'd be known as "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight."
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10/17/2009 8:16:43 PM
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gdozois
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Well crap, they already missed MARS, and it's bigger.
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11/6/2009 12:23:36 PM
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RandyBeck
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Moon's Friends Say 'No' to Future Lunar Crashes
Space.com wrote:
When a NASA spacecraft rammed into the moon in October, it tossed up a hard-to-see plume of lunar material.
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But others found unnerving aspects to the LCROSS slam dunk.
In the Huffington Post, screenwriter Amy Ephron called it "NASA's own version of shock and awe" and put in motion a "Help Save the Moon" Twitter Page in the hope that readers "can convince NASA not to try any further experiments of this kind," she wrote.
"Well, I for one, don't like explosions. Call me a pacifist, call me cautious, call me an environmentalist, or call me something worse, I don't really care," Ephron explained.
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11/6/2009 12:49:29 PM
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Alex
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I had to scroll back up and make sure this wasn't an "Onion" piece.
Lunatics for Luna!
edited by Alex on 11/6/2009
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11/7/2009 1:42:43 PM
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Bill Moonroe
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"Lunar Crash" sounds like a groovy name for a 1960s cocktail. One part moonshine in a Googie-style flask made of Space Age nylon (c) suitable for holding and refilling during a cross-country trip on Route 66.
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