Comments on: The Moon’s pole, in context http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:01:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Owen Powers http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/comment-page-1/#comment-221362 Owen Powers Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:33:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/#comment-221362 For anyone interested in Craters check out a possible one located under Washington DC ( www.dccrater.com ) For anyone interested in Craters check out a possible one located under
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]]> By: A lunar mountain’s eternally sunny disposition | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/comment-page-1/#comment-121173 A lunar mountain’s eternally sunny disposition | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:54:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/#comment-121173 [...] of 90 degrees south latitude on the Moon. Parts of its rim stick up so high that, for them, the sun never sets. It’s up over the horizon (though very low) all day, every [...] [...] of 90 degrees south latitude on the Moon. Parts of its rim stick up so high that, for them, the sun never sets. It’s up over the horizon (though very low) all day, every [...]

]]> By: Sorting Out Science » Blog Archive » Philosophia Naturalis #15 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/comment-page-1/#comment-55729 Sorting Out Science » Blog Archive » Philosophia Naturalis #15 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:53:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/#comment-55729 [...] back. Bad Astronomy puts one of the images (including some topography around the lunar south pole in context, while Emily at the Planetary Society goes into more depth on the Kaguya Earthrise and Earthset [...] [...] back. Bad Astronomy puts one of the images (including some topography around the lunar south pole in context, while Emily at the Planetary Society goes into more depth on the Kaguya Earthrise and Earthset [...]

]]> By: The Centipede http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/comment-page-1/#comment-55728 The Centipede Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:04:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/#comment-55728 >>”Centipede SMASH.” >Hmm. Not *quite* the same impact as “Hulk SMASH!” >Heh heh heh… impact… Would you prefer "Centipede INJECT FULL OF POISON." ? 'Cuz braindead Romantics who want to keep the absolutely stone dead nature of the Moon pristinely stone dead could probably do with a bit o' scolomorph neurotoxin. >>”Centipede SMASH.”

>Hmm. Not *quite* the same impact as “Hulk SMASH!”

>Heh heh heh… impact…

Would you prefer “Centipede INJECT FULL OF POISON.” ? ‘Cuz braindead Romantics who want to keep the absolutely stone dead nature of the Moon pristinely stone dead could probably do with a bit o’ scolomorph neurotoxin.

]]> By: Burzycki.org - Tech and Interesting Facts http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/comment-page-1/#comment-55727 Burzycki.org - Tech and Interesting Facts Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:39:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/#comment-55727 [...] a new space tourism company in town. Phil Plait gives that recent Earth-rise image taken by Kaguya some context. Now you know the craters the spacecraft is flying [...] [...] a new space tourism company in town. Phil Plait gives that recent Earth-rise image taken by Kaguya some context. Now you know the craters the spacecraft is flying [...]

]]> By: Jerry http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/comment-page-1/#comment-55726 Jerry Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:00:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/#comment-55726 Mmmmmmmm.... 19km diameter crater that could be converted into a radio telescope that would put Aricebo to shame (drool.....) Yup, sounds like a good place to put a base.... if the Reptilian aliens and their UFOs aren't already there first!!! ;-) Mmmmmmmm…. 19km diameter crater that could be converted into a radio telescope that would put Aricebo to shame (drool…..)

Yup, sounds like a good place to put a base…. if the Reptilian aliens and their UFOs aren’t already there first!!! ;-)

]]> By: Quiet_Desperation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/comment-page-1/#comment-55725 Quiet_Desperation Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:47:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/14/the-moons-pole-in-context/#comment-55725 >"Centipede SMASH." Hmm. Not *quite* the same impact as "Hulk SMASH!" Heh heh heh... impact... >”Centipede SMASH.”

Hmm. Not *quite* the same impact as “Hulk SMASH!”

Heh heh heh… impact…

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