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NASA even said that you would need a 10inch (or 10cm, forgotten which) telescope to see it.

Um, a 10cm telescope would be smaller than a roll of toilet paper.

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Quote: Original post by Chris Reynolds
I was expecting a much larger explosion. Something like the Death Star explosion. That was a little visually disappointing.

That seems to be a common opinion.

Well, it's not as if it had a nuke on it or anything. NASA even said that you would need a 10inch (or 10cm, forgotten which) telescope to see it. Really, it would have just looked like another meteor impact. Why would you expect a Death Star explosion?

Nah, I was just kidding about the death star explosion.

I watched the live webcast, and just felt a little cheated for waking up so early. The webcast didn't show any explosion at all.

The reaction to this story from the general public has just served to depress me and remind me of just how backwards we are as a race on this planet.

I think some of the twitter stuff sums it up the best;

"the moon is not owned by americans dear nasa people. Obama nobel prize the day america bombed the moon. i am upset. "

"#OMG #Dear #NASA you bombed the #MOON FOR #WATER #WTF yeah right #timeformiracles #whatisgoingon, their will be more #Paranormal #Activity "

"Dear Nasa 4 Whatever Reason U Bomb da moon I dnt Think It Really Benefit us.SO STOP SPENDIN OUR MONEY ON DUMB SH*T "

"dear diary obama won a nobel peace prize for what extended unemployment 2 weeks? nasa tried to blow the moon up for water. WTF is going .. "

"Dear Nasa please don't blow the moon up again. Thankyoumuchly(:"

"#Dear NASA leave the moon alone. No need to crash things into, do recon on, or inhabit it. It does enough by CONTROLLING THE EARTH'S TIDES! "

"Dear NASA, what did the moon ever do to you? You're gonna screw up the planet! "

"Dear NASA don't destroy the moon >=( "

"dear nasa, please dont blow up our moon, thank you "

"Dear Nasa is trending cuz we,the US Nasa, decided to fire a missle at the Moon to find WATER? WTF, oh yeah our prez is Nobel Peace Prize WTF "

I've met the general public; the general public is an idiot.

*sighs*

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Quote: Original post by Oberon_Command
NASA even said that you would need a 10inch (or 10cm, forgotten which) telescope to see it.

Um, a 10cm telescope would be smaller than a roll of toilet paper.

Make it inches, then.

Well, at least NASA got some publicity.

I vote we give Obama several Nobel Piece Prizes! One for each piece of the moon we blew off. [lol]

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Quote: The military implications of space exploration have never been a secret

Could someone bring me up to speed on this?

If you can send a rocket to the moon, you can surely send it to any place on earth. You didn't think the world united for something purely interesting and educational, did you?

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Also, what are the current laws on land-ownership, etc on other celestial bodies?

I don't think anybody really worked it out yet, acres of moon have been on sale for years... :)

So? Is it made of cheese or what?

I mean, are any images out there worth to be seen? All the videos and pictures availabe so far look so fake.

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So? Is it made of cheese or what?

I mean, are any images out there worth to be seen? All the videos and pictures availabe so far look so fake.

Guess what? Most of the time science isn't entertaining!

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Quote: Original post by owl
So? Is it made of cheese or what?

I mean, are any images out there worth to be seen? All the videos and pictures availabe so far look so fake.

Guess what? Most of the time science isn't entertaining!

Oh come on. You bomb the moon and don't care to take 2 decent pictures of it?

mmm..

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Oh come on. You bomb the moon and don't care to take 2 decent pictures of it?

I don't think there are any "decent" pictures. My understanding is it wasn't nearly as spectacular as people were hoping. I believe the consensus is they hit a hard patch...

[Edited by - Codeka on October 11, 2009 3:59:04 PM]