NASA Takes Aim at Moon with Double Sledgehammer (two spacecraft to slam into moon's South Pole)

Space.com on Yahoo ^ | Jeremy Hsu

[e-male]

Obviously, NASA has too much money.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I saw a cow jump over the moon once.

[NormsRevenge]

aaaaahhh,,, but these are really cheap programs compared to some.. a pittance.. and .. and .. after the comet missed Mars,, a big smash like that would unite us as a people. :-)

[NormsRevenge]

after the comet large space rock missed Mars :-)

[Conspiracy Guy]

I once hit a squirrel with a bottle rocket.

[e-male]

i was watching some show about Pluto being a planet or not. It said NASA was spending a billion to send a probe out there and see if Pluto is round. We’ll be paying interest on that borrowed $billion for generations.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I once broke a window with a rock.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Pluto is a dog.

[evets]

[MEGoody]

. . .but NASA's history shows that such missions can yield extremely useful scientific observations.

Science has been known to make blunders as well. Let's hope there's not enough force in this 'slamming' to cause problems for us here on earth.

[NormsRevenge]

I once hit a squirrel with a bottle rocket.

that reminds me , I need to buy a wrist rocket and practice.. squirrels are back ,, little buggers, no more mister nice guy.. I’m hoping frozen peas work.. big ‘uns

[Little Pig]

Pluto the dog was named for Pluto the planet

[Constitution Day]

It's been done.

[avacado]

"Scientists are priming two spacecraft to slam into the moon's South Pole to see if the lunar double whammy reveals hidden water ice."

I wish the above actually said the following to drive the moonbats completely nuts...

"Scientists are priming two Haliburton funded spacecraft to slam into the moon's South Pole to see if the lunar double whammy reveals hidden crude oil deposits."

[geopyg]

I have been reading a book on the history of the race to the moon (starts off in WWII). Here’s something that I didn’t know before:

Soviet Luna 2 impacts Moon on September 12, 1959

Luna 2 (E-1A series) was the second of the Soviet Union’s Luna program spacecraft launched in the direction of the Moon. It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon, and it impacted the lunar surface west of Mare Serenitatis near the Aristides, Archimedes, and Autolycus craters.[1]

[Conspiracy Guy]

Marbles make great wrist rocket ammo.

[Yossarian]

Didn't anyone at NASA read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress?

The moon might just throw a rock back - and they have the higher ground!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Do you have proof?

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

Hope they don’t vaporize all available ice in the impact.