Comments on: Moon smash

By: writesome

writesome — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:01:38 +0000

Ha! Too funny. I’m not arguing the science, just the holistic logic. Cheese is good, melted over french fries with gravy…but I poutin, really.
Hope you are well.

By: Ignorant Bystander

Ignorant Bystander — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:26:26 +0000

Whoa. You know, H, I wouldn’t argue with someone who can type that many 0’s.

Dunno why they’re looking for water on the moon. Now cheese, however…

By: writesome

writesome — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:35:16 +0000

Thanks for commenting and supplying the digits. Still, no doubt a stupid waste of resources, money, and time. Not to mention NASA’s reputation.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:17:05 +0000

Note:

mass of the moon =
73 600 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg (give or take a few)

mass of the LCROSS modules =
3 000 kg (rounded up).

Every single person on Earth would have to chuck 1,000,000 of these at the moon at the impact velocity to change its speed by 1 mph.

But hey, don’t let the facts get in the way.