Anyone got $79 million to spare?

[Kobe]

The Associated Press: NASA to moon: Get ready because here we come

Two NASA spacecraft are barreling toward the moon at twice the speed of a bullet, about to crash into a lunar crater in a search for ice.

The idea is to confirm the theory that water — a key resource if people are going to go back to the moon — is hidden below the barren moonscape.

Trailing behind the rocket is the lunar probe LCROSS, short for Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite and pronounced L-Cross, beaming back to Earth live pictures of the impact and the debris plume using color cameras. It will scour for ice, fly through the debris cloud and then just four minutes later take the fatal plunge itself, triggering a dust storm one-third the size of the first hit.

The LCROSS probe cost $79 million and was an add-on to a bigger NASA satellite now circling the moon.


So that where some of your taxes end up

 

[S O F I]

i don't pay taxes.

 

[Kobe]

^^I'll let someone else tell you what you already know about that statement.

I just watched this demolition derby happen LIVE on CNN. It must have been better for those who watched it via a telescope. Really, in my opinion, it was nothing much on TV. All that was there was a refreshing image of the moon getting closer and closer, at a very stop go rate then blank. What the anchor was talking about (flashes of light) didn't necessarily happen and, just like that the live feed ended. The whole thing took about 10 mins at most.

I could have sworn when the NASA guys were giving each other high fives, one guy was left hanging. It looked so damn funny.

 

[S. Fourteen]

Exclusive photo

 

[Kobe]

^^Whats the story behind that pic? Anyone know? I've seen it plenty of times.

Here's the clip of the guy left hanging when everyone was celebrating. Thank goodness I wasn't imagining. This one was seen internationally

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[S. Fourteen]

A Trip to the Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Casey]

We're in an economic recession! I know, let's spend $79 million dollars on bombing the moon.

 

[vg4030]

We're in an economic recession! I know, let's spend $79 million dollars on bombing the moon.

How else do you expect to wipe out the Al-Qaeda moon base?

 

[Casey]

How else do you expect to wipe out the Al-Qaeda moon base?

LMFAO. We found Bin Laden, turns out he was on the Moon this entire time! Clever bastard. That moon cheese made for a solid diet.

 

[Bender]

this makes me wonder if bombing the moon could knock it out of its regular orbit.

 

[S. Fourteen]

We're in an economic recession! I know, let's spend $79 million dollars on bombing the moon.

The common man has spoken.

 

[Bender]

maybe the government plans to start a new economy on the moon and escape the bailifs

 

[S. Fourteen]

That's right. Bottled moon water with organic labeling would earn back the initial cost in 2 years.

 

[The.Menace]

Anyone got $79 million to spare?

nope.

 

[Casey]

The common man has spoken.

Indeed you have.

 

[S. Fourteen]

Indeed you have.

The thing is Casey, the US spent more than $79million for President Obama's inaugural. It was a great party. Everyone was dancing around. I bet, given the chance, you would have been there with your American wifey dacing your ass away.

 

[Casey]

The thing is Casey, the US spent more than $79million for President Obama's inaugural. It was a great party. Everyone was dancing around. I bet, given the chance, you would have been there with your American wifey dacing your ass away.

I was being facetious with my original post. I actually couldn't care less about the money spent on the moon bombing.

But you know, that's the immediate conclusion that many will draw, and you can't tell the people suffering from their recession that they're wrong for that, ya know?

They should have spent a billion dollars on Obama's party. Maybe then they could have gotten a better singer than boring-ass Beyonce. I'd nominate Gaga, it would have been way more interesting.

I still heart Barack though. Of course I would have been there. I would have rocked the fuck out like Randy Marsh in that one episode of South Park. OBAAAAAMAAAAAAAA!!!!!

 

[_carmi]

sooooo did they find anything? lol

 

[Kobe]

^^Story so far: A preliminary review of data from the Hubble Space Telescope indicated no signs of water in the debris viewed from the blast, NASA said late Friday, but added that more study was needed.

 

[Flipmo]

In other words, they'd like another 79$ MIL.