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Praying to Obama

I'm not joking in the least. A moon mission of this sort should be huge news, big discussions, constant updates, lots of debating on the merits - pros vs cons, etc.

Instead we have a historical impact date, an ignorant populace, and an absent media as if we randomly set off explosions on celestial bodies every day.

I am totally shocked. I have heard nothing about this until today. This is for real?
 
There have been many, many planned impacts with celestial bodies, including the moon. In fact, a Japanese probe did just that in June

Source [Wikipedia | SELENE]



They made a 3D rendering of the impact which is pretty cool

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Yeah but this new mission isn't about crash landing some debris on the surface. It is about launching a Centaur rocket deep into the moon creating a huge explosion and modifying the surface of the moon in that area.
 
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I'm not joking in the least. A moon mission of this sort should be huge news, big discussions, constant updates, lots of debating on the merits - pros vs cons, etc.

Instead we have a historical impact date, an ignorant populace, and an absent media as if we randomly set off explosions on celestial bodies every day.

I don't see what the big deal is. No one lives on the moon; we aren't destroying anything. Asteroids have struck the moon before. (They're rarely this large, but it happens.) And the purpose of this mission is scientific, not military.
 
I don't see what the big deal is. No one lives on the moon; we aren't destroying anything. Asteroids have struck the moon before. (They're rarely this large, but it happens.) And the purpose of this mission is scientific, not military.

The purpose is supposedly to find water - which India already has. The big deal for me is two fold. Firstly, the lack of collective knowledge, interest, and discussion surrounding the event despite it's being 9 days away. No media discussion for something that's unprecedented and rather historic. Second, I think there's a ton of ramifications for this type of act which warranted addressing/discussing. We're essentially launching a rocket into the moon. That, in my mind, constitutes a weapon in space and modifying a celestial body - both of which I bet we'd have a problem with if any other country was doing it.

Since India has just this month proven there is in fact water on the moon there is no need for a destructive rocket attack against the planet.
 
Yes. 9 days. NASA has an impact clock:

NASA - LCROSS

go buy a telescope so you can watch them take a hunk out of the moon.
Damn Talloulou, this has to rank as an all time record for taking a thread off topic in both trajectory and velocity. Congratulations, well done. ;)

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Why do men always have to blow **** up?

Because it's cool. Like making a big fire on the beach. But it's also destructive and before we start doing destructive things in space I'd like to see a discussion. A president address on the topic.
 
What about other possibilities? Do we know that changing the shape of the moon and/or setting off a sigfnificantly explosion won't subtly alter the moon's rotation?

Furthermore, why is this NECESSARY?

I don't really believe that we need to be blowing chunks out of the moon without a damn good reason.
 
Damn Talloulou, this has to rank as an all time record for taking a thread off topic in both trajectory and velocity. Congratulations, well done. ;)

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I know. Well admittedly I began doing it in another thread but that thread had a legit discussion going. This one seemed ripe for the taking and was stupid enough that I was guilt free about doing so. Nobody pays much mind to the science and technology threads. So there's a method to the madness.
 
This is a good illustration between the difference between men running things and women running things.

Men: "Let's blow **** up!"
Other men: "COOL! Good idea!"
 
A video released earlier to day show a community organizing group praying to Barack Obama about health care. After each part of the prayer they shout "Hear our cries Obama". What in the world is the country coming to when we start praying to our leaders.

Praying to Obama
i listened to this without looking at the captions, i did NOT hear "obama" at all. what are you listening to?
 
Well back in the day a bunch of men actually considered nuking the moon as a display of machismo. It's hard to wonder if this isn't all that similar.

India trumped whatever scientific legitimacy this mission might have had about a week ago.

It's also worth noting they did it without launching a rocket into the South Pole. Huh. Go figure.
 
Well back in the day a bunch of men actually considered nuking the moon as a display of machismo. It's hard to wonder if this isn't all that similar.

India trumped whatever scientific legitimacy this mission might have had about a week ago.

It's also worth noting they did it without launching a rocket into the South Pole. Huh. Go figure.

So, what you're saying is that we could potentially save millions/billions/trillions except we're having another penis size comparison contest with another nuclear country?

Awesome.
 
I find that video creepy. If they were praying for God to help Obama or to keep Obama safe, that is one thing. Praying to Obama as if he were God is wrong. Obama is a human, just like the rest of us.
i listened to the video, nobody was praying to obama. be honest.
 
So, what you're saying is that we could potentially save millions/billions/trillions except we're having another penis size comparison contest with another nuclear country?

Awesome.

Well we actually partnered up with India on their mission. I think it's more of a "everybody look what we did" type thing. Only they want you to look after they've done it apparently because the marketing for the whole event sucks donkey dick. I'm sure there will be downright awesome video of the insanity.
 
This is a good illustration between the difference between men running things and women running things.

Men: "Let's blow **** up!"
Other men: "COOL! Good idea!"

Woman: I wonder how the Moon feels about this?
Other women: We need to start a support group for the Moon.

:mrgreen:
 
@ liblady,

Start listening around the two minute mark. Also, the captions were added by the group that made the video.
 
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2:12 and 2:16 - very clearly Obama.

I hate these kinds of events. This is surely what hell would be like, if there is a hell.
 
You clearly didn't get past the god awful trumpet.

I got past that god-awful trombone, and what the people were saying was as clear as mud.
 
As the parent of a middle schooler who plays the same instrument at about the same levell, I can assure you that it's a trombone.

I should've known that. My kid actually just began blowing on a trumpet this school year. I just heard some horn horror and immediately equated it with the horror that goes on here on a daily basis.
 
I should've known that. My kid actually just began blowing on a trumpet this school year. I just heard some horn horror and immediately equated it with the horror that goes on here on a daily basis.

Alcohol helps. But you probably know that already.
 
This is a good illustration between the difference between men running things and women running things.

Men: "Let's blow **** up!"
Other men: "COOL! Good idea!"

As opposed to the feminine version?

Women: "Let's talk about our feelings"
Other women: "COOL! Good idea!"

I'll stick to blowing things up, thank you! :2razz:
 
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