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Inside the US government’s plans to blow up the moon
NY Post ^
| June 20, 2020
| Reed Tucker
Posted on 06/20/2020 8:07:47 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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The moon of Yavin? Or Endor?
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posted on
06/20/2020 8:07:47 PM PDT
by
EdnaMode
To: EdnaMode
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posted on
06/20/2020 8:11:28 PM PDT
by
pa_dweller
(Stop looking for 'magic' numbers!)
To: EdnaMode
That would be cool. But I settled for a fantastic view of Elon’s Starlink sattelite parade the other morning. At first I thought it was a meteor but then quickly realized what it was. Impressive.
To: EdnaMode
As far-fetched as both these ideas seem, the author says that nearly 25 years of collecting government documents has taught him that we shouldnt rule out the possibility of current or future nutty space schemes. Who knows how the military might be involved in upcoming launches.I think going to Mars without field-testing long-term activities on the Moon (where you can still get AAA to come out and fill your tire if need be) is an idea that is as dumb as dust.
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posted on
06/20/2020 8:14:19 PM PDT
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: EdnaMode
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... explode the bomb on the moons terminator the area between the part of the surface thats illuminated by the sun and the part thats dark... Good lord, are people still really that stupid, or is this satire?
There IS NO DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (Sorry, Pink Floyd).
Any given location on the moon is iluminated by the sun for half the (Lunar) month and in the dark for the other half of the month.
What I suspect the author MEANT was that the would explode the bomb on the limb, the edge of the moons disk, as viewed from earth. If that were done at a time when the limb was in darkness, the glowing explosion would possibly be visible from Earth. Maybe. Or maybe not.
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posted on
06/20/2020 8:18:37 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: EdnaMode
They weren’t trying to blow the moon up. The military aspect is aided by investigation of space environment, detection of nuclear device testing, and capability of weapons in space.
The areas discussed in some detail are optical lunar studies, seismic observations, lunar surface and magnetic fields, plasma and magnetic field effects, and organic matter on the moon. Probably part of the fore runner of the star wars project.
If you’re curious:
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB479/docs/EBB-Moon02.pdf
rwood
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posted on
06/20/2020 8:20:35 PM PDT
by
Redwood71
To: EdnaMode
Very bad idea! Didn't they know the moon I helps tides. I have to get that scientist who is well known (Greta Thunberg) to get her views on it. CNN thinks she's an edpert.😀
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posted on
06/20/2020 8:22:10 PM PDT
by
ConservaTeen
(WFLA's Jack Harris: Brooklyn is missing their village idiot. Right you are, Jack.)
To: EdnaMode
To: EdnaMode
Didn’t Gru steal the moon in “Despicable Me”?
Sigh. We have to keep Trump from blowing up hurricanes with nuclear weapons, now we have to be concerned about the moon!
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posted on
06/20/2020 8:31:45 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies"- George Orwell)
To: EdnaMode
That would have been just great. Pollute the moon with radioactive fallout. The eventual inhabiting of the moon will be hard enough without that.
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posted on
06/20/2020 8:43:34 PM PDT
by
Wilhelm Tell
(True or False? This is not a tag line.)
To: EdnaMode
Didnt Chairface Chipendale try that?
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posted on
06/20/2020 8:49:56 PM PDT
by
rey
To: EdnaMode
I wonder if they got Jax-Ur to help?
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posted on
06/20/2020 8:50:45 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: EdnaMode
Don’t touch the moon.
I need it for loving.
Don’t touch the stars.
I need them, too.
All you frantic scientists,
Find somewhere else to go.
—Cornell Blakely, 1958
To: Wilhelm Tell
Pollute the moon with radioactive fallout. I don't think it would spread very far.
To: EdnaMode
From the wonderful movie Oblivion with Tom Cruise
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posted on
06/20/2020 8:55:02 PM PDT
by
Dogbert41
(Jerusalem is the city of the Great King!!!)
To: pa_dweller
That’s exactly what I thought of. I love Stephenson.
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:01:02 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: dayglored
Yeah I was confused too I thought terminator moved across the surface as moon phase changes. I think limb makes more sense
To: EdnaMode
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posted on
06/20/2020 9:47:42 PM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: Dr. Sivana
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posted on
06/20/2020 10:26:45 PM PDT
by
minnesota_bound
(homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
To: EdnaMode
India HAS sent a bomb to the moon.
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posted on
06/20/2020 11:15:55 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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