Comments | jackwilliambell: Back to the Moon with a bang!

jackwilliambell

Back to the Moon with a bang!

May 06, 2009 19:46

On June 2nd the LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) mission will finally launch, after multiple delays. This is supposed to be the first step of NASA's plan to return to the moon permanently by 2020.

However, what really excites me about this mission isn't the LRO! I am far more interested in a piggyback mission: LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observation ( Read more... )

space, science, geek

Comments 4

scarlettina May 7 2009, 03:48:24 UTC

That's big, exploding science! Totally cool!

jackwilliambell May 7 2009, 04:15:25 UTC

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lindadee May 11 2009, 21:43:48 UTC

Just make sure the Luddites don't find out!

jackwilliambell May 11 2009, 22:37:30 UTC

Yeah, they would probably think we are going to shatter the moon and drop it on all our heads.

"The sky is falling!"

I remember, during the Apollo 11 run-up, the national news reporting with a straight face that some politician was trying to get Nixon to cancel the launch because it might break the glass bubble around the earth and let all the oxygen out...