[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?

[Dallas59]

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

[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.

[Iscool]

They didn't have to fly all the way to the moon to get 'crash' data...

And if there was any equipment in the vehicle to monitor the 'landing', likely it got destroyed in the crash...

[RightWhale]

There are some negative comments

Seems to be part of the science environment around here. Looking on the bright side it is at least interest if not understanding.

[RasterMaster]

"They planned the crash and figured out a way to get some good data."

Yea, like how to build spacecraft with CRUMPLE ZONES?

[Jeff Head]

Exactly. We did the same thing on the moon and mars before we attempted soft landings. Good data can be obtained by just getting the senors close and recording and transmitting up until impact.

[Gaffer]

Gee...do ya think?

[ToryHeartland]

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?

The beef appears to be, one would actually have to read the article to know what it was about, and not just the headline.

It is a waste of time to engage with folks who can't even do that. And it feeds the left-wing MSM with yet more annoying "Republicans are anti-science" Shinola.

Conservatives are NOT anti-science. But reading some of the foolish 'fly-by-postings' on this thread, I can see why that claim gets perpetuated.

Very depressing.

[GretchenM]

They COULD have left out the crash and trash part of the mission.

Just wait. The day will come when Americans are gonna have to fork over the dough to clean up the mess.

[Perisylph]

Yeah - it's hilarious to make fun of the Europeans constantly. Despite the fact that they're going to be taking over our scientific role soon.

[monday]

"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?"

lol.... No one plans a crash. def. crash: a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); Just as no one PLANS an accident, no one PLANS a crash. If it was planned, they would have called it something else.

[WoofDog123]

signal-to-noise on these threads is usually pretty low.