News - Telescopes at the ready, NASA's about to bomb the moon

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In an effort to detect the presence of ice and water, NASA will today crash a 2.2tonne rocket into the surface of the moon.

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Read more.

Some git on our security team has blocked the site :(

Interesting, depending on the results I wonder when the first off-world mining endevour will happen?

I just love their philosophy...

*What do we know about this thing?*

*Not a lot sir.*

*Ok, then lets blow it up and see what happens!*

Bill & Ted Wild Stallions air solo.

Just watching the coverage of this on BBCWorld News.

I had no idea this was happening :)

I hope this does not start a war with the Moon people.

And it's hit.

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Originally Posted by HPL

I hope this does not start a war with the Moon people.

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I predict they find soup rather than water.

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Originally Posted by Funkstar

I predict they find soup rather than water.

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and a lot of dead clangers

Clangers did not live on the moon...

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Originally Posted by Platinum

Clangers did not live on the moon...

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You are right, I was remembering them as being on the Moon, but after a little reading it appears it was just a moon like planet.

Will it rain cheese now they have bombed the moon?

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Originally Posted by Platinum

Will it rain cheese now they have bombed the moon?

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Fondue.

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Originally Posted by kalniel

Fondue.

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Don't be silly. In the vacuum of space it'll soon condense into grated parmesan.

nah, Wensleydale Gromit!

The only decent use I've seen of Twitter so far...

I'm going to subscribe to this thread, just so I can hear more of your hilarious (but smart-ass) replies.

(Thanks dished out willy-nilly as per usual.)