NASA to Bomb the Moon

[The Ironic Chef]

I may be wromg but I thought that plenty of dust samples were already retrieved from the moon alond with a lot of rocks. It's not as if no one has been there before. I wonder what idiot decide one day. "Hey, lets shoot a missle at the moon". They will probably end up doing something stupid like splitting it in half. Then in 2012 it can fall on us.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

They will probably end up doing something stupid like splitting it in half. Then in 2012 it can fall on us.

LOL good one IC

[Bubba707]

LCROSS will be crashed into crater Cabeus A for the specific purpose of looking for traces of water ice in a permanantly shaded part of the crater. This isn't a frivolous exercise by any means. The long range goal is to find out if the resources exist on the moon to help support a permanant installation on the moon. The resulting dust cloud from the impact will be viewed and recorded in many bands and analyzed to discover the composition.

[Mama Mangia]

well - man has polluted and ruined the earth so why not try the moon too!

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

LCROSS will be crashed into crater Cabeus A for the specific purpose of looking for traces of water ice in a permanantly shaded part of the crater. This isn't a frivolous exercise by any means. The long range goal is to find out if the resources exist on the moon to help support a permanant installation on the moon. The resulting dust cloud from the impact will be viewed and recorded in many bands and analyzed to discover the composition.

Oh OK I see now! BOMBS AWAY

[CanMan]

I think you just gave permission to bomb us.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

I think you just gave permission to bomb us.

NO-O-O-O I didn't mean it!!!!! I was being sarcastic is all...

[Keziah]

I love the space programme. I have been enthralled by it since I saw the take off of Apollo 11 from our school television. I remember that we were scheduled to watch the Hills of Kilimanjaro, a geography series that was on the syllabus, that year.

The headmaster came in to the hall and said that he thought that the children (my form), should watch the Apollo lift off. There was an obvious exchange of words between the form teacher and the headmaster as to which would be more beneficial to the class. He said this is something that these children will be able to tell their grand children, it is an historical event. So we got to watch the take off. It was magnificent. I felt privileged.

It is a pity that it seems that the shuttle is coming to the end of its functional life, and it is a shame that the space programme is taking a back seat.

I feel that the reason for this 'explosion on the moon' is going to be the very first step in manned travel to Mars, or at least the very first step in making living on the moon for an indefinite period possible. The way I see it this going to be much easier way to take off from the Moon than it is from Earth, (gravity and all that). The space travellers will need much less fuel.

It's a pity that Russian and China have to be involved.

[Bubba707]

It's a pity that Russian and China have to be involved.

I disagree, I think every nation should be involved. Space exploration should be a human endeavor, not just a national one. Politics has been responsible for too many human catastrophies and should be left behind on earth.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

They explored and explored and explored the moon and pretty soon they just dragged it all away, now there is no more moon!!!

This may happen soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!