Comments on: LCROSS impact site picked

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:37:06 +0000

It’s George Bush’s fault!!!

By: Pierre

Pierre — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:35:23 +0000

“where sunlight will break it up into O+ and OH- molecules, which can be detected”
Sounds interesting but O+ doesn’t exist, if it’s breaking it, it has to be in either H+, H3O+ and OH-…
Journalists should spend more time in highschool. As they are used to, they barely understand what they are talking about

By: Jibber

Jibber — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:24:58 +0000

Discern…

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/09/14/lcross-impact-site-picked/

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-preparing-bomb-iran/story?id=8765343

By: the dude

the dude — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:01:39 +0000

Its funny to me that we “went to the moon” in the 60′s and 40 years later we are shooting a probe up there to attempt to find out if there is ice. If we really went to the moon in the 60′s we should be able to send someone up in the chair lift we have built to the moon by now and check for ice in person.

By: Allen

Allen — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:58:49 +0000

Another thought, maybe with the supposed global warming and rising sea levels, they should just take the water from here to the moon.
Personally IF the sea levels are to raise, why not build distillers on the coasts of Africa etc and convert the rising sea water into clean water, pump it all over Africa, they could plant trees everywhere, grow crops, feed their stock and no longer reply on everyone else to bail them out, maybe Africans would want to go back to Africa again?
Oh well in the perfect world it will work, but hey let’s spend money on trying to find water on the moon inside, really makes sense.
Maybe Al green Gore could spend all the “Green” money he’s making on the distillers?

By: Miss Hoover

Miss Hoover — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:52:22 +0000

What’s the big deal with the word embiggen, It’s a perfectly cromulent word.

By: stan bernstein

stan bernstein — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:34:45 +0000

was an enviremental impact study done? Some space critter might be at risk!

By: Terry Hillick

Terry Hillick — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:29:52 +0000

Without a magnetosphere and an ozone layer wouldn’t the ice carry a lot of radiation? Does that complicate the ability for a future station to produce usable resources?

By: NASA wants to blow up the moon! « R.W. Ridley

NASA wants to blow up the moon! « R.W. Ridley — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:21:25 +0000

[...] You don’t have to damage the moon to find some. Here’s a brief explanation from Discover [...]

By: Einstein

Einstein — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:10:39 +0000

If we bomb the moon, we will have nothing more than a glob of melted cheese.

By: Roco The Funny Man

Roco The Funny Man — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:08:47 +0000

“NASA will bomb the moon.”

So they’re sending Chuck Norris to the moon???

By: Bert and Ernie

Bert and Ernie — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:08:35 +0000

All you wannabe chemists, relax. It’s moon water, not earth water.
Tastes a little bitter, but the moon folks like it.
They get embiggened when they drink it.

By: Roco The Funny Man

Roco The Funny Man — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:08:09 +0000

This will not end well……….

By: Jim from Texas

Jim from Texas — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:38:38 +0000

Reconsider the Olympics decision or we are shooting down the moon!!

By: kirok

kirok — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:36:27 +0000

they should keep their eyes peeled for a black monolith

By: qix77

qix77 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:20:21 +0000

I think they are going about it all wrong. They should just shoot a bunch of ICBMs and blow the whole thing up…. mainly because it’s blocking my view of Beta-Aquilae… well… that and I like big explosions.

By: Clear and Present

Clear and Present — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:17:27 +0000

Some things: 1. It amazes me that the brain dead adherents to the two party system (actually one party) can make any article or forum a platform for their mutual hatred – and after they have totally screwed up this country, they can argue about the moon. 2. If the fundamental premise is that “since the moon is billions of years old there should be billions of tons of ice”, if they do not find billions of tons of ice… What then? Do you suppose NASA is going to admit the miscalculation? Or will she do what she always does… Offer a new postulate as to what happened to the “missing” ice.

By: Knavessuck

Knavessuck — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:12:47 +0000

Dr J- The flag wouldn’t wave in space. just letting you know. I agree with you completely. We made it to the moon completely. Valueappraiser- its not actually a bomb. its just a projectile thats traveling at high speeds and will collide with the moon. Driller- It would cost far more than the lives of snail darters in ANWR and the relocation of elk and moose. Imagine sending space tankers up there that need to make a trip to the moon and back. that is not profitable and asinine. The thing is, we have plenty of oil. We even have oil in shale deposits. This is, of course, assuming that everything still runs on oil/electricity in the future, which is not a realistic concept. Costanza- You are not very smart, my man. DUKE NUKEM- excellent second comment. When you get past the jokes in yours there is quite a bit of truth. Toast- first of all, they aren’t rockets. Second of all, the impact wont through off the moon. You, sir, are an idiot. the interesting thing about what you are saying is, even if you are correct, the moon will still go back to its original spot in Earth’s gravitational pull. GOD- besides the laughing, I agree with what you are saying. Didn’t want to make this post completely negative…. The rest of you imbeciles out there, do not fret!!! Your @$$es will be handed to you in due time from another person. Hahaha.

By: phil

phil — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:06:10 +0000

The planets in our solar system are pristine natural environments that should be left undisturbed. All future space exploration needs to be halted and the EPA needs to do an in-depth study to measure the carbon footprint that is being left by all this reckless “scientific” exploration. Hell for all we know there might be some caribou wandering around up there somewhere?

By: For Him

For Him — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:04:26 +0000

Maybe, just maybe we should be messing with something God created and takes care of HIMSELF ?
It would seem this ‘ice’ is there to counter whatever ‘warming’ is happening – so they need to kill that so their theory of global warming will actually materialize and we can be taxed some more for climate issues.
What idiots.

By: Knavessuck

Knavessuck — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:42:02 +0000

Dr J- the flag doesn’t wave in a vacuum. just letting you know

By: Knavessuck

Knavessuck — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:40:30 +0000

RL- the article plainly says that they will detect the molecules of the water upon evaporation as well. this way, there will be no loss if the ice cracks everywhere. Don’t you think that rocket scientists and the geniuses of the world would have thought of that?!!!! lol. This looks intriguing. T.E.L.- how much time, money, and fuel does it take to bring millions of gallons of water from Earth to the moon? Take that number and compare it to melting the ice on the moon and bringing it to your little moon hut or whatever. We aren’t looking for water on the moon for Earth! Earth has a ridiculous amount of water! The oceans can be refined. We are looking on the moon to see if we can colonize because the Earth is now running close to capacity. Also, an oxygen atmosphere can be created from water. At least an artificial one.

By: Pawn

Pawn — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:59:50 +0000

I miss the days when only smart people had computers.

By: Kenny C

Kenny C — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:51:40 +0000

We keep putting material on the moon…..not to mention that buggy, flag and golf ball…..moon getting heavier….we’re getting lighter…..soon the gravitational difference change will cause the moon to join us……run…..run for your lives…..doomed….all mankind doomed……hehe…..I hadn’t had my coffee yet

By: fishing head

fishing head — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:33:36 +0000

OMG !
There goes the MOON TIDE , What happened next ? where do we go fishing ?
NASA morans , leave the moon alone . You can find water in the oceans , and if you like I will lead you to one free of charge .
Spend the money on education and health instead !