so LCROSS slams into the moon

[johnnyh]

Nasa have slammed their LCROSS Centaur and spacecraft into the Lunar surface, in doing so they hope to analyse the dust thrown up for ice/water and other stuff...

Really?

Surely this is the USA's first attempt to see what possibilities the moon has to offer by way of minerals and such. Not content with raping the earth of its resources, now the moon is targetted.... or is it a genuine scientifically valid experiment that wont lead to a nation claiming the moon as their own and charging the rest of us for observing it

Discuss

 

[Fnaar]

Latest reports confirm it IS actually made of cheese!

 

[Landslide]

Unless it's raclette, I'm not interested...

 

[Fnaar]

Well, it has a hard outer crust, and they're looking for a liquid-y interior, so possibly!

 

[mr Mag00]

funnily enough i opened the bbc service as this happened live. quite disappointing coverage actually, the commentators had very little to say.
cost 10's of millions dollar, cynical view there jonnyh
money imo could have been better spent on Earth cleaning and providing clean water to the people here and now

 

[johnnyh]

hahha me a cynic.... well... maybe

 

[marinyork]

I think it is a great endeavour. When setting up a moonbase we need as much info as we can get.

 

[johnnyh]

I think it is a great endeavour. When setting up a moonbase "we" need as much info as we can get.

it's that we part that I find disturbing... just who is we?

 

[mr Mag00]

USA!! USA!! USA!!

 

[beanzontoast]

Sending up a pair of divining rods would have been cheaper.

 

[rh100]

Got to start somewhere - the moon is the first stop on a journey away from Earth. It's bound to be driven by commercial interest though. Eventually though, whatever benefits there are should filter down to everyone. Not in our lifetime though.

 

[dellzeqq]

you'll all laugh on the other side of your faces is the Moon people send one back

 

[johnnyh]

OMG.... reports coming in that Major Clanger was badly injured in the impact and the Soup Dragon is missing presumed dead!!!

 

[mr Mag00]

NO!

 

[Mr Pig]

the moon is the first stop on a journey away from Earth.

I hear that President Obama invented space travel when he was at high school.