Comments on: SMART-1 kicked up some dust!

By: Mungascr

Mungascr — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:31:49 +0000

The wind created by Lunar conspiracy loons is thewind that
passes via theirposteriors and represents how much their “theories” are worth.

Chip – in answer to your question my guess is that SMART-1 hasbeen reducedtovapor and constitutuent atoms .. but here’s a thought – perhaps parts of the craft itself have been forced down into the lunar regolith and buried. Anyonme know what the chances of that are (guessing prettyy low but y’never know.) and if so to what depth is likely?

So could there be anything left of the probe? Anyone know?

By: Chip

Chip — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:32:18 +0000

Artist’s depiction: (Artist is unnamed)

http://www.space.com/images/060903_smart_illo_02.jpg

Source: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center

By: icemith

icemith — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:54:58 +0000

Cr ashes to ashes, dust to dus t,
If the Moon doesn’t shiver, the SMART-1 must!

Ivan. (Wow, nice little animated gif t! — Great work.)

By: SF Reader

SF Reader — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:13:12 +0000

Wow, right up into the light as they hoped. Amazing navigation.

Thanks so much for bringing stuff like this to our attention!

By: Mark Martin

Mark Martin — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 01:47:38 +0000

It’s interesting to note that lunar soil particles tend to be little specks of minerals encased within shells of SiO2. This means that SMART-1 didn’t merely kick up some dust- it KICKED GLASS!

By: Ray Gray

Ray Gray — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:31:11 +0000

That word “cool” is being WAY over-used.

My question on cool, is this:

What was the temp of the lunar surface right before Smart One’s impact? Did the temp on the impact spot go up due to the probe slamming into targeted ground? What is the temp of the dust once it left the lunar surface?

By the way—that moving .gif is COOL… :*)

By: Zoot

Zoot — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:46:39 +0000

I don’t follow the punny line at the end. Like, if I believed the moonlandings were fake, there would suddenly be wind on the moon.