O Snap! Lcross Impact!

[Goonie]

NASA plans to fire a booster rocket from one of it's satellites into the moon. Therefore, NASA plans to take readings of the explosion by using infrared detectors to find water in the subsurface. I think this mission will be a great success in science.

You can go and click here to discover if your near one of the public events.

Or, if want to watch it live on your computer you can click the next link, below.
LIVE separation coverage starts 9:40 p.m. EDT (6:40 p.m. PDT).

I may be up to watch it, honestly, I rather sleep during the morning time.

[Lamar537]

This has been made 4 times today. I can't watch it though because my mom won't let me stay home. It's at 7:31 EST.

[HighWayStar365]

OOOOOOOOOOOh. Puurty graaphicks.

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

You just know NASA is ablaze with activity right now...

[Tykwa]

My nerdiness is melting all over the broadcast

:D

[linkinpatt]

I wish I could have been there at that NASA meeting...

"Guys, guys, I just had a great idea."
"Oh, do tell!"
"How about we NUKE the moon!"

That's just about crazy enough to work

[thelittleemo]

Aw, you disappointed me. i was expecting some lacrosse sex, but I was mistaken. Of course watching someone blow the moon up is just as satisfying.

[slingshot14]

Why the fuck are they even doing this. I mean let's say they do find water, then what? Seriously we have plenty of fucking water here on Earth, we don't need no dirty moon water. God made the moon to look pretty not to be drunken from. I guess we could give it to poor people in impoverished countries or whatever.

[RoboJesus]

Wow. Notepad. That's some fancy technology Nasa's got there.

[KillerSkull]

It will be the 21st intentional man-made impact into the moon. Just like this is the 20th time this thread has been made!

[Obvious-M]

I hope they find moon men.

[Techno]

At 10/8/09 09:32 PM, RoboJesus wrote: Wow. Notepad. That's some fancy technology Nasa's got there.

You know what, i was just thinking the same exact thing.

Why would they be giving us a countdown...using notepad lol?

Also, did anyone else hear them say something about encountering a new type of something or other during lift off? Sounds pretty dangerous to me.

[Blush]

I'm about to start listening to dark side of the moon.

[EverReady2Kill]

Didn't hink that NASA would have the balls to do it.

I guess I was wrong

[Los-Illuminados]

Well, shit. i thought this was going to be about a video about an intense impact in a lecross game.

[MetalDart]

I, for one, cannot wait.

[ToddM]

You know what? They should start using the moon for weapons testing. Even though it would be expensive.

[Leo625]

At 10/8/09 09:19 PM, Lamar537 wrote: This has been made 4 times today. I can't watch it though because my mom won't let me stay home. It's at 7:31 EST.

I'm pretty sure my teacher said it was 6:30 EST, can someone clarify on this

[CeilingCat]

People in the Eastern time zone won't be able to see it.
"Daybreak will prevent viewing of the debris plumes."
Link

[manonthemoon516]

It will hit and we will all go about our lives like we would any other day.

[PenguinKommando]

I wonder what will happen if we find other planets that are habitable, or if technology reaches a point where the people can just go into space, and society or industry can thrive in space. Right now, space is declared as neutral, I think, because there isn't much anyone can do with it, and the advancements that one finds in exploring and studying it would seem better to benefit all nations - but I imagine as soon as people land on another planet, it's going to bring rise to another era of imperialism.

In the same vein, it's weird to think that sometime in the future, somebody may "own" the moon or something, or at least land on the moon.