Americans bomb the Moon!

Degsy

Apparantly the yanks are set to bomb the moon as part of some "scientific experiment" or other..i reckon they're just sending a warning to the martians not to try anything.

Here's the story:
http://gizmodo.com/5376774/how-to-watch-the-moon-bombing-in-real-time

Conor108

I'll miss it! school

wudangclan

why not?
they've bombed everywhere else.

admiralofthefleet

looks like they finally found osama

PirateShampoo

Is anyones Oil safe?

Wagon

What f**king use it that?

Joey the lips

Ah well

i suspose its better they throw a bomb at the moon

Than

Throw a moon at the bomb


# Oh jesus he's bored!

genericguy

i think they're just desperate to win a war, cos they've lost their bollocks in iraq and whatever-stan they're fighting in now. and since there's nobody on the moon to retaliate...

Jet Black

That guy who owns the moon will be seriously pissed.....

My name is URL

wtf.. There was a treaty signed in 1967 that prohibits just that

It exclusively limits the use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes and expressly prohibits their use for testing weapons of any kind, conducting military maneuvers, or establishing military bases, installations, and fortifications (Art.IV)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

What's the point in anything anymore

major bill

My name is URL wrote: »

wtf.. There was a treaty signed in 1967 that prohibits just that



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

What's the point in anything anymore

ah they'd just use the man on the moon as an excuse, they have dug up some dirt on him saying he was responsible for the 9/11 attacks!!!!! americans cnt argue with that the gullible cunz

GLaDOS

My name is URL wrote: »

wtf.. There was a treaty signed in 1967 that prohibits just that



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

What's the point in anything anymore

They're not testing wepons

The Cabeus crater was selected because it's likely to show definitive proof of water in the moon, based on the information from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Prospector, Chandrayaan-1, and JAXA's Kaguya spacecraft. The bombing is designed to measure the proportion of water—ice to dust ratio—in lunar regolith.

It's research into the contents of the moon, not blowing it up for the craic

Conor108

Ok its not actually a bomb so I imagine it wouldn't violate the treaty?

Its an expended fuel tank IIRC, and they'll scan the debris cloud for signs of water

4zn76tysfajdxp

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If you have nothing to do on Friday, October 9, at 7:31AM Eastern/4:31AM Pacific, reserve that spot for some serious space fireworks. At that time you can see how NASA bombs the Moon from orbit using this huge thing:

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That's a Centaur, the upper stage of the Atlas 5 rocket that took the Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) to our beloved Selene. It will impact against the Cabeus crater at 5,600mph, causing another crater about one third the size of a football field.

The Cabeus crater was selected because it's likely to show definitive proof of water in the moon, based on the information from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Prospector, Chandrayaan-1, and JAXA's Kaguya spacecraft. The bombing is designed to measure the proportion of water—ice to dust ratio—in lunar regolith.

chin_grin

They set us up the bomb, now all our base belong to them.

liah

So they find a renewable (presumably) resource on the moon (water) that opens so many more doors and now they want to blow it up..?

What the hell is America's fascination with bombing things they shouldn't? I don't get it.

Dj Stiggie

Mask wrote: »

That guy who owns the moon will be seriously pissed.....

Al Gore?

mikom

Degsy wrote: »

Apparantly the yanks are set to bomb the moon as part of some "scientific experiment" or other..

This from the country where 13% of the population think parts of the moon are actually made from cheese.

If you think that's scary, you don't want to know what Bush thought about the city of Philadelphia during his days in office.

Turd Ferguson

I think Obama wants to bomb a few moon mountains away to make room for a KFC...just incase

My name is URL

ScienceNerd wrote: »

They're not testing wepons

Conor108 wrote: »

Ok its not actually a bomb so I imagine it wouldn't violate the treaty?

Its an expended fuel tank IIRC, and they'll scan the debris cloud for signs of water

pfft, semantics tbh

Anything that could be used to cause mass devastation on earth when applied in the same manner as in outer-space, is imo a weapon

There's something called a "Rod from God" which is just a big pole with no explosives that's been developed as a weapon, it causes damage through kinetic energy.. how is this any different?

Rented Mule

wudangclan wrote: »

why not?
they've bombed everywhere else.

Not everywehre .......and keep that in mind.

jumpguy

Jesus we're calling the Americans stupid, people actually genuinely believe, in Ireland, that Americans are REALLY bombing the moon.

It's basically a big block of metal that'll be released from a probe in orbit. It'll slam into the moon's surface and kick up a load of dust. The dust will then be analysed by the probe.

major bill

jumpguy wrote: »

Jesus we're calling the Americans stupid, people actually genuinely believe, in Ireland, that Americans are REALLY bombing the moon.

It's basically a big block of metal that'll be released from a probe in orbit. It'll slam into the moon's surface and kick up a load of dust. The dust will then be analysed by the probe.

think you'l find people are joking so yes americans are still stupid!!!!

Should they're not be a referendum?

CoachBoone

liah wrote: »

So they find a renewable (presumably) resource on the moon (water) that opens so many more doors and now they want to blow it up..?

What the hell is America's fascination with bombing things they shouldn't? I don't get it.

What?

What have they found thats renewable? What doors will it open?

mikom

liah wrote: »

So they find a renewable (presumably) resource on the moon (water) that opens so many more doors and now they want to blow it up..?

What the hell is America's fascination with bombing things they shouldn't? I don't get it.

CoachBoone wrote: »

What?

What have they found thats renewable? What doors will it open?

A bag of door knobs?

"Thats no Moon, Its a space station!"
http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/6/61/That's_no_moon.ogg

El Guapo!

So they're not happy just going to war with everyone else so they bomb THE CLANGERS!!!::eek:

Gonna get me a squeaky little clanger sex slave when they surrender :cool:

T-Square

I've read a lot of drivel in my times as a boardie, but for the love of peace, you guys sound like a bunch of *uppets. Please don't take that the wrong way,
but come on, bombing the moon? they've bombed everywhere else. Really sad.

They are unable to get the required drilling equipment onto the moon,
at reasonable cost, so the next best thing is to drop a bomb and analyse the cloud of dust for water particles.

The moon is already covered in massive craters, so what is the big deal.
You sound like a bunch of interstellar nimbies.

Finding an actual supply of water at the bottom of the new crater, would be the dawn of a new era.

ShooterSF

It better not be the acre of moon I bought on ebay or there's gonna be an asskickin'

T-Square

T-Square wrote: »

Finding an actual supply of water at the bottom of the new crater, would be the dawn of a new era.

Yeah but at what cost?
It doesn't mean anything, The moon cannot support life, The water will most likely be in small amounts.
This may totally backfire and we will be all covered in moondust.

Jesus Wept

This is the first space related thing that has ever interested me.
That said, we probably won't be able to see a thing, so meh.

bluemachaveli

Damn it, i bought herself a plot of land on the moon last christmas.
There goes the resale value

Mint Sauce

The-Rigger wrote: »

This is the first space related thing that has ever interested me.
That said, we probably won't be able to see a thing, so meh.

is it pay per view

paddyland

They were always a bunch of moonies, anyway...

Hard Larry

So thats were they are sending the inmates from Guantanamo.

FrDougalMcguire

Maybe they found those weapons of mass destruction in a secret iraqi moonbase!!:D

El Guapo!

They should tell Fianna Fáil this is their new private jet, paid for by the tax payer, and let them take it for a "spin" :cool:

Money well spent!

A7X

What time is gonna be for us over here?

Rhyme

I'm surprised nobody has posted this yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csj7vMKy4EI

liah

CoachBoone wrote: »

What?

What have they found thats renewable? What doors will it open?

Well, if the water IS renewable (hence "presumably"). Nobody really knows how it got there yet (that I'm aware of?) so it's still got potential to be a renewable resource, doesn't it? It got there somehow.

We're obviously running out of freshwater here. Clearly there's no practical use for the water that's on the moon as of yet but it still opens more doors than closing them. Theoretically could put it to some use. Instead they want to bomb it.

PirateShampoo

liah wrote: »

We're obviously running out of freshwater here.

You do know it falls from the sky and that our polar caps are made of the stuff?

Hard Larry

PirateShampoo wrote: »

You do know it falls from the sky and that our polar caps are made of the stuff?

And you can get it in Tesco for 99c for 2 litres

PirateShampoo

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Except Galway.

El Guapo!

liah wrote: »

We're obviously running out of freshwater here.

Where??............Hell???

A7X

Helium 3 people

major bill

liah wrote: »

.
We're obviously running out of freshwater here.

do you work for the government(water charges)

liah

Dean09 wrote: »

Where??............Hell???

PirateShampoo wrote: »

You do know it falls from the sky and that our polar caps are made of the stuff?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2000/world_water_crisis/default.stm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5562906.ece
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0812-04.htm

Surprised you guys haven't heard of it? It's been a pretty big news topic for a couple years now in Canada because we have the Great Lakes. There's a big water shortage issue lately. Maybe it's just a north American thing?

eg.

Here in the Great Lakes region, a fourth year in a row of declining water levels has caused millions of dollars in losses for shipping companies, marinas and other businesses and prompted further restrictions on future water withdrawals for expanding suburbs.

"A lot of people just can't believe that we may be running out of water, living this close to the Great Lakes," said Sarah Nerenberg, a water engineer with the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, which conducted the study on shortages.

Adiboo

liah wrote: »

Instead they want to bomb it.

Chrisht Almighty, they're not bombing the moon!

mikom

liah wrote: »

Surprised you guys haven't heard of it? It's been a pretty big news topic for a couple years now in Canada because we have the Great Lakes. There's a big water shortage issue lately. Maybe it's just a north American thing?

Heard about it alright.
I got a letter from my cousin in Canada.
Serious water shortage...... the stamp was stuck on with a pin.

Prof.Badass

liah wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2000/world_water_crisis/default.stm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5562906.ece
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0812-04.htm

Surprised you guys haven't heard of it? It's been a pretty big news topic for a couple years now in Canada because we have the Great Lakes. There's a big water shortage issue lately. Maybe it's just a north American thing?

eg.

I cannot imagine a future where it would be cheaper to extract miniscule amounts of water from moonrock and ship it back here rather than simply desalinating sea-water.

Even converting polar ice into drinking water would probably literally be 1million times cheaper.