LET'S CRASH INTO THE MOON!
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LCROSS is fun 
IamWEB
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I HATE FUN!
waffle=ijm
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I LOVE LCROSS 
4Chan
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I LOVE LCROSS
EDIT: LOL
IamWEB
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Has anyone (other than Sarah) actually read this article?
I'd like to see us send something crashing in to the moon, wouldn't you?
And I also read this: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/33189064/ns/today-today_people/?gt1=33002
Completely unrelated, and I only added it because I noticed the guy was wearing a cube shirt!
I'd like to see us send something crashing in to the moon, wouldn't you?
And I also read this: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/33189064/ns/today-today_people/?gt1=33002
Completely unrelated, and I only added it because I noticed the guy was wearing a cube shirt!
4Chan
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I read it, and it reminded me of Relativistic Kill Vehicles.
I was actually hoping thats what this was, but it wasnt. d:
EDIT: Here's the wiki link, if youre curious:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic_kill_vehicle
I was actually hoping thats what this was, but it wasnt. d:
EDIT: Here's the wiki link, if youre curious:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic_kill_vehicle
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No thanks, I don't want to die, you crash yourself genious.
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No thanks, I don't want to die, you crash yourself genious.
You can tell who read the article.
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No thanks, I don't want to die, you crash yourself genious.
You can tell who read the article.
mee! rofl.
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Really? How?
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^i bet you don't understand that.
Well anyway...
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^i bet you don't understand that.
Well anyway...
JTW2007
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I wrote an article on it for my school newspaper. Yeah, I've been waiting for this for months. I'm really into the space program.
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school newspaper? We have a school broadcast. I'm the anchor >:-D
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Since about a month before it was launched.
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This is kind of a late notice, but it's early and I'm busy...
Well, they just crashed the satellites there, mission successful.
Well, they just crashed the satellites there, mission successful.
JTW2007
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Yipee!
IamWEB
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It wasn't as good as hoped (quality wise) but something like this is science is interesting to me.
I hope they found a good amount of ice/water like they hoped, I'll have to check after school.
I hope they found a good amount of ice/water like they hoped, I'll have to check after school.
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The Centuar hit the moon at Cebeus crater (aprox 84S, 311E) at 11:51UT (22:01 Local SA time). The LCROSS probe impacted 4 minutes later.
The idea of this mission is to reveal if water exists at forever shadowed craters near the moon's south pole. If water is found, it would make a manned and permanent base on the moon much easier and much cheaper too.
How can water be forever trapped at the moon's poles? The moon has axial tilt of just 1.54 degrees with respect to the sun. The earth has an axial tilt of23.46 degrees. At the moon's poles, the sunlight touches the polar region with an angle of maximum on 1.54 degrees, meaning in deep polar craters, the sun will never shine on the bottom of these craters.
The idea of this mission is to reveal if water exists at forever shadowed craters near the moon's south pole. If water is found, it would make a manned and permanent base on the moon much easier and much cheaper too.
How can water be forever trapped at the moon's poles? The moon has axial tilt of just 1.54 degrees with respect to the sun. The earth has an axial tilt of23.46 degrees. At the moon's poles, the sunlight touches the polar region with an angle of maximum on 1.54 degrees, meaning in deep polar craters, the sun will never shine on the bottom of these craters.
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