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Frits
11782 Posts
On October 10 2009 00:04 Ecael wrote: Did anyone check out the press conference that was supposed to be some hour ago? haha I hope the reporter was there asking "what if the moon is hollow" | ||
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
Omfg somebody shoot that reporter. | ||
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spinesheath
Germany8679 Posts
Yeah, the moon COULD be hollow inside, but since we can calculate the mass of the moon through its speed and distance from the earth as well as the earth's mass, we can conclude that the hull of the supposedly hollow moon has to be extremely dense. Maybe the moon actually is a dusty, giant galactic table tennis ball made of pure gold. And since we now know that the moon is made of gold and therefore very heavy, we can calculate how much the moon will be accelerated by the impact of the spacecraft (which is probably somewhere around 100 tonnes or less, no idea how fast it is gonna be). Since they want to watch the impact, we can assume that they won't hit the back of the moon. So it is unlikely that NASA actually plans to throw the moon at the earth, as interesting as that would be. Instead the moon will probably end up falling into the sun. Eternal lunar eclipse ftw! | ||
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Nylan
United States795 Posts
On October 10 2009 00:17 Lemonwalrus wrote: "One possible problem is that we don't really know what is at the center of the moon. We have guesses, but what if the moon isn't solid and turns out to be hollow inside?" Omfg somebody shoot that reporter. SCIENCE | ||
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okum
France5779 Posts
Plus you get to blow stuff up. | ||
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konadora
Singapore66365 Posts
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DevAzTaYtA
Oman2005 Posts
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b3h47pte
United States1317 Posts
now we just need to find a holographic girl that explodes once destroyed in the middle of the moon ...mmm... | ||
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
on the other hand... if they do somehow mess up the moon's orbit we are kinda screwed. | ||
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Conquest101
United States1395 Posts
Sigh. | ||
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spinesheath
Germany8679 Posts
On October 10 2009 00:51 madnessman wrote: OH MY GOD! some people are starting up the LHC! there's gonna be a massive blackhole and we're all going to die!! oh wait. nothing happened. on the other hand... if they do somehow mess up the moon's orbit we are kinda screwed. The moon is falling into earth anyways. Might still take a while though. And the moon has been hit by much heavier and/or faster objects in the past, such a small impact doesn't matter in the least. | ||
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Nylan
United States795 Posts
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Slow Motion
United States6960 Posts
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BloodDrunK
Bangladesh2767 Posts
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raiame
United States421 Posts
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A3iL3r0n
United States2196 Posts
On October 10 2009 01:06 Slow Motion wrote: Why don't they just hire Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck to drill into it? NASA plans to shoot two Hollywood stars into the moon Friday, in order to find out if the moon contains water. Stage 1 commences at 4:05 PM CST, at which time Ben Affleck will be deployed into rotational orbit around the earth. Stage 2 will involve activating a large jetpack attached to Mr. Affleck's space-suit, which will be controlled remotely by NASA Ground Control, who will pilot him at high-speeds into a pre-selected moon crater. Bruce Willis will be present at Ground Control to observe the events, and will be given a chance to back out if he doesn't like what he sees. When questioned about his commitment to find water on the moon, Mr. Willis was quoted as saying, "Hey man, I love Ben and I love science, but let's face it: I'm still doing work and Ben hasn't been. I think this is good for Ben." | ||
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eMbrace
United States1300 Posts
it's pretty sad how opposed people are to space research. | ||
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
On October 10 2009 00:56 spinesheath wrote: The moon is falling into earth anyways. No, the moon is actually slowly getting further and further away from the earth. | ||
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Pufftrees
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
Seems eerily... Accurate... ![[image loading]](http://members.cox.net/renegade_sith/miscjunk/mooncrash.jpg) End of humanity as we know it lol. | ||
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