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Robotic explorer to crash into the Moon tonight!


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Yup! It's taking place this evening around 7.30pm local time. (9 Oct 2009)

 

This probe is going to crash into the moon in an effort to determine whether water exists.

 

Stay tuned to the NASA website for a "live" feed of the crash!

 

BOOMZ!

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COOL!!!!! Thanks for the info bro! Am actually contacting the Science Centre observatory to see if they are gonna watch this event tonight. At present, no one from the Star Gazing team is answering the phone but I have left a message for them to call me back. Can't wait for tonight!!

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COOL!!!!! Thanks for the info bro! Am actually contacting the Science Centre observatory to see if they are gonna watch this event tonight. At present, no one from the Star Gazing team is answering the phone but I have left a message for them to call me back. Can't wait for tonight!!

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Oh no1, we might awake the Alien hibernating at that part of the moon.

Will we start an inter-galaxy war [laugh]

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Haha! Don't think any Alien would wanna hibernate on the moon of all places...life, in any form, would have one common goal in general...Survival!

 

If a species managed to make it to our moon from another planet, they would have to be far more advanced and technologically superior in every way. They wouldn't be content with hibernating on our moon, they would have invaded Earth thus answering the age old question: "Are we alone?"

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COOL!!!!! Thanks for the info bro! Am actually contacting the Science Centre observatory to see if they are gonna watch this event tonight. At present, no one from the Star Gazing team is answering the phone but I have left a message for them to call me back. Can't wait for tonight!!

 

Hope they can hook up the telescope and show on a big screen! That'll be great . . . . [thumbsup]

 

I may want to buy a pair of bino to catch the action, no point setting up my Celestron 127mm telescope, it'll take ages [sweatdrop]

 

Hope this will not dislodge the moon from it's orbit or split it into 2 . . . LOL [laugh]

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We dun need aliens to invade us, imho we're doing a pretty decent job of destroying ourselves, the earth and now the moon. Well done folks. [thumbsup]

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Here is the link : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/index.html

 

another thing, hope, nasa will stop explore moon, once after impact, no result/ evidence of water at moon.

 

my opinion better focus on mars that already have evidence have water.

 

really can not wait for human to touch the mars land :D

 

Thanks for the link brudder! [thumbsup] They even have the impact countdown clock . . .

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Here is the link : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/index.html

 

another thing, hope, nasa will stop explore moon, once after impact, no result/ evidence of water at moon.

 

my opinion better focus on mars that already have evidence have water.

 

really can not wait for human to touch the mars land :D

 

In fact, it is really important to find out whether or not water ice actually exists on the moon.

 

If we can confirm this fact, astronauts could set up a station/rocket launch facility there and virtually "live off the land" without the need to bring water up from Earth. Water can be used not only to quench thirst, but to supply oxygen, electricity and even rocket propellent for the trip back home.

 

Look at the moon from a different perspective. Don't view it as just a boring old hunk of rock, but instead, try to imagine it as a lauchpad facilitating human exploration of the solar system! It is much easier (and cheaper!) to launch equipment & stuff from the surface of the moon, than it is from the surface of the Earth. Everything weighs only 1/3 of what it would weigh on Earth!

 

Setting up a lunar facility would be like a springboard for us to explore interplanetary space, and would bring us that much closer to an actual manned mission to the Red Planet [bounce1][bounce1] !!

 

Watch out Mars...Here We Come!!!

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Hope they can hook up the telescope and show on a big screen! That'll be great . . . . [thumbsup]

 

I may want to buy a pair of bino to catch the action, no point setting up my Celestron 127mm telescope, it'll take ages [sweatdrop]

 

Hope this will not dislodge the moon from it's orbit or split it into 2 . . . LOL [laugh]

 

Oh man, you've got a big telescope?! Set it up lah!! This one must see with your own eyes mah! Watching it on a television screen even though 'live' cannot compare to seeing the real thing with your own eyes [shocked] !

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Oh man, you've got a big telescope?! Set it up lah!! This one must see with your own eyes mah! Watching it on a television screen even though 'live' cannot compare to seeing the real thing with your own eyes [shocked] !

 

Brudder, just a mid-sized telescope lah . . . . bought it a year ago but only set up once for practice purpose only.

 

Was down at Singapore Science Centre's observatory and peeped through their telescope to take a look at Saturn . . . . incredible!! The giant planet was so tiny and it was WOW!! [thumbsup]

 

Cannot wait for tonight . . . [inlove][inlove]

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Brudder, just a mid-sized telescope lah . . . . bought it a year ago but only set up once for practice purpose only.

 

Was down at Singapore Science Centre's observatory and peeped through their telescope to take a look at Saturn . . . . incredible!! The giant planet was so tiny and it was WOW!! [thumbsup]

 

Cannot wait for tonight . . . [inlove][inlove]

 

KEWL!! [inlove] Missed the opportunity to see the Lord of The Rings this year but managed to catch our big brudder Jupiter and the 4 Galilean moons sometime last month. Will definitely go see Saturn next year! Were the rings visible?

 

Hey, you wanna go Science Centre tonight as well? No news from them yet but think I'll go down anyway...

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Here is the link : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/index.html

 

another thing, hope, nasa will stop explore moon, once after impact, no result/ evidence of water at moon.

 

my opinion better focus on mars that already have evidence have water.

 

really can not wait for human to touch the mars land :D

 

I think is difficult la I saw a report that they can land on Mars only twice every year due to the different obiting direction and speed.

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KEWL!! [inlove] Missed the opportunity to see the Lord of The Rings this year but managed to catch our big brudder Jupiter and the 4 Galilean moons sometime last month. Will definitely go see Saturn next year! Were the rings visible?

 

Hey, you wanna go Science Centre tonight as well? No news from them yet but think I'll go down anyway...

 

Yup . . . it was a stunning view. My eyes almost popped out . . . .

 

Please update us on Science Centre, whether TASOS is organising anything tonight.

 

Will be there if I can knock off earlier . . . . [thumbsup]

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