Europe's 1st lunar mission reaches moon

Yahoo & AP ^ | September 2, 2006

[Lunatic Fringe]

DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) First European spacecraft to moon makes planned crash landing on lunar surface.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Now that is a good title.

[jeremiah]

I want to know if they filed a environment study first.

[Jack Hammer]

Germany immediately announced they are annexing the Sea of Tranquility, while France raised a white flag in triumph.

[F.J. Mitchell]

LOL! When you screw up, just pretend that's the way it was planned.

[Thinkin' Gal]

First European spacecraft to moon makes planned crash landing on lunar surface.

"Aahhhh, I meant to do that."

[martin_fierro]

From Eurotrash to Lunatrash.

[spikeytx86]

Well if there is one thing the Europeans can do well, is crash something worth billions of dollars (see there economy and health care systems).

[advance_copy]

I hope the crash killed some of the bats up there.

[Coyoteman]

There are some negative comments on this thread.

They planned the crash and figured out a way to get some good data. What's the beef?

[Cobra64]

OSHA was contacted and the moon was deemed hazardous. EPA is doing a $650 million study to determine the scope of the cleanup effort.

[woofie]

I hope they remembered to surrender

[Watery Tart]

So, they got rid of the Concordes this way?

[Southack]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060903/ap_on_sc/europe_moon_mission

[Dallas59]

They are superior to us in every way. It's good to make fun of your superiors once in a while..

[Mount Athos]

Isn't the title pretty misleading? You'd think they could fit the word "planned" in the title. You see the title, and you're thinking, oh no the spacecraft crash landed. Then you read the article and you see they meant to do that.

[Politicalities]

There are some negative comments on this thread.

They planned the crash and figured out a way to get some good data. What's the beef?

I concur. Kudos to the ESA on an excellent mission.

[Mark Felton]

"What's the beef?"

The Kyoto Treaty includes the lunar surface as a proscribed environemtnal protection zone. Germany decided to go it alone without getting international approval.

Kyoto has strict standards for decontaminating any orbital craft that may deliberately or accidentally reach the lunar surface.

Viruses or bacteria could cause a wildfire explosion of new life and destabilize the existing balance of chemicals. Kinda like throwing ants in a sugar jar.

[Mark Felton]

LMAO!

[happinesswithoutpeace]

if I looking for probe.

him name is smart 1 probe.

I lost my probe.

Love, Happi

P.S. I'll find my probe

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