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NASA CubeSat Will Shine a Laser Light on the Moon's Darkest Craters
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Posted on 04/28/2020 9:09:11 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 04/28/2020 9:09:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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Trumps recent directive on space resources means, if a U.S. company gets to the lunar ice first, and claims this resource, more valuable than gold on the moon, they get to keep and market it, and the U.S. will protect them.


2 posted on 04/28/2020 9:15:26 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: BenLurkin

My son is working on one of the “cubes.” Not this one but a communication subassembly.


3 posted on 04/28/2020 9:15:36 AM PDT by dhs12345
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Just use the light from the Luxor in Las Vegas. It’s pretty bright.


4 posted on 04/28/2020 9:16:43 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: BenLurkin

Will they be sycnronized to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin tunes?


5 posted on 04/28/2020 9:20:30 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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It’s amazing how we’re only now catching up to that 1950’s series, “Men into Space”.

The show had a conventional-enough looking rocket sticking a landing on the Moon standing on its tail. Laughable-looking by Apollo, and now a reality exhibited by private rocketry.

The show also had McCauley searching “caves” on the Moon for water ice.


6 posted on 04/28/2020 9:24:13 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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Of course if this laser light impinges on a black monolith, will we mount a mission to Jupiter?.

7 posted on 04/28/2020 9:27:09 AM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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To: dhs12345

The “Borg Cube?”

;-)


8 posted on 04/28/2020 9:32:22 AM PDT by Hulka
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*ping*


9 posted on 04/28/2020 9:34:08 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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“humans return in 2024”

Humans will be back on the moon in FOUR YEARS???

Want to buy a bridge?


10 posted on 04/28/2020 9:36:02 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Right now there’s some lunar cat chasing the laser light around the lunar surface. But will NASA show us the cute kittie pics?


11 posted on 04/28/2020 9:37:06 AM PDT by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!))
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This might be the mission my son interviewed for. It was something to do with back side of the moon exploration. He interviewed for two satellite missions and got the other job.


12 posted on 04/28/2020 9:38:09 AM PDT by cyclotic (A vote for Democrats is a vote for lower traffic volumes)
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To: BenLurkin; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ..
They may shoot back!
Dr. Evil "a Laser"

Dr. Evil "a Laser"

13 posted on 04/28/2020 9:38:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Will it shine a light on the American Flag left by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin? Oh sorry, that’s on Mars.


14 posted on 04/28/2020 9:40:38 AM PDT by Fair Paul
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To: cyclotic

This is through the university.


15 posted on 04/28/2020 9:45:29 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Hulka

More like “Veeger.” :)


16 posted on 04/28/2020 9:48:36 AM PDT by dhs12345
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Will it shine a light on the American Flag left by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin? Oh sorry, that’s on Mars.

LMAO!

I just watched the Apollo 13 re-entry of 1970. It was truly amazing. Securing the capsule and crew was a much more difficult task than it seems from the re-entry,the helicopter skill and the amazing divers.

I do want to see the flag and I have always wondered why nothing has been able to get close enough for a good pic. I read it fell over or maybe that was a movie lol.

17 posted on 04/28/2020 10:01:44 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: BenLurkin

Aren’t the Chicoms on the dark side? Why not just ask them?


18 posted on 04/28/2020 1:23:11 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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Do not get too close!!
ping
19 posted on 04/28/2020 1:59:02 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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#12 It was something to do with back side of the moon exploration

Er... was he asked to bend over at any time? : )


20 posted on 04/28/2020 2:00:51 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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