Posted on 12/24/2005 8:11:55 AM PST by jmcenanly
December 23, 2005: NASA scientists have observed an explosion on the moon. The blast, equal in energy to about 70 kg of TNT, occurred near the edge of Mare Imbrium (the Sea of Rains) on Nov. 7, 2005, when a 12-centimeter-wide meteoroid slammed into the ground traveling 27 km/s.
"What a surprise," says Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) researcher Rob Suggs, who recorded the impact's flash. He and colleague Wes Swift were testing a new telescope and video camera they assembled to monitor the moon for meteor strikes. On their first night out, "we caught one," says Suggs.
(Excerpt) Read more at science.nasa.gov ...
Damned intergallactic terrorists are everywhere...
"I demand we withdraw our astronauts immediately!"
Instead, Sheila Jackson Lee wants our astronaunts to leave Mars and swing by the moon to check things out!
On Earth, it would have made a very nice, bright shooting star before it burned up.
About 4 23/32" across in Real Units(TM).
I didn't realize we had astronauts there. No one leaked that information!
Now come on, how can you prove this was not done on a television stage? /s
Maybe it should read....."NSA Scientists...ordered by Bush"...
Damned terrorists.
12cm is half an inch? Must be that new math. ;^)
See also:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0512/23lunarmeteor/
The risks of being directly hit are probably not that
much different than being on the shuttle or ISS.
This event did raise awareness of a larger risk for
those on the lunar surface, secondary impacts from the
ejecta of the primary impact (and tertiary if the primary
was sufficiently large).
Okay, who made with the The Illudium Q36 Explosive Space Modulator?
12 cm is just under 5 inches in diameter.
I thought that looked like 'Space 1999!' I loved that show! ;) When it first went on in 1975 the end of the century seemed so far away.
Lunar Daisycutter.
When I lived in Italy in the late Seventies, that show was on RAI - dubbed in Italian, of course. We watched it every time it was on, because we couldn't believe how bad it was. We thought something was lost in translation, but when we got back to the States and saw reruns, it made even less sense :).
The thing I remember most about the show was the Italian promo announcer saying "Spazio: Mille Novecento Novantanove". Italian is a great language.
That is one dedicated suicide bomber. If anyone deserves 72 virgins, I nominate this guy.
Hmmmmmmmmm.............
It was a great show with the Great One.
Ok.....what's the translation?
one of them baseballs reggie jackson smacked finally landed.
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