Scientists Witness Meteor Strike on the Moon 139
Lonesome Squash writes "BBC reports that scientists have seen a smallish meteor strike on the moon. Impact only equivalent to 70kg of TNT, but still, you wouldn't want to have it land on your moonbase. At that size, it's kind of neat they saw it at all."
popcorn 'n cheese (Score:5, Funny)
That explains it! (Score:4, Funny)
Lunar Embassy (Score:5, Funny)
What next!
Re:moon terrorists (Score:2, Funny)
Bush shakes fist.
FF VII-2 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I don't understand (Score:2, Funny)
Yes there is science behind it, but it's far too hard to understand. That flash wouldn't have been caused by aliens, or the secret NASA Moonbase, or any of the other possible.... [sounds of gunfire]
Pay no attention to the previous paragraph. We're with the government and there is no cover-up...
Thats awesome news! (Score:5, Funny)
Amazing..
Re:Dupe (Score:3, Funny)
KFG
So That's Where it Went! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I don't understand (Score:2, Funny)
Either that or...
What a coincidence that the Reptilian camera caught the explosion with Earth in the background! Should make a good screen saver.
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Enjoy,
Randy
In other news. (Score:4, Funny)
Intelligent Rock Hurler was not available for comment. His coworkers who plot out the precise trajectories of rocks that result in these strikes also refused to talk to our reporters.
Re:Dupe (Score:1, Funny)
It's a trap!!!
a smallish fetish (Score:2, Funny)
In before quotes (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Artistic renderings (Score:3, Funny)
Much science data is boring to non-scientists and the visuals help engage the casual reader.
I'll go out on a limb here... (Score:5, Funny)
However, as Nasa plans to return to the Moon by 2020, the agency says it needs to understand what happens after lunar impacts in order to protect astronauts.
I am guessing that there will be a crater of some sort after the impact. Maybe some floating dust. That sort of thing.
qz
Not as big as Moon Base Alpha explosion in '99 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Odd coincidence... (Score:5, Funny)
are you sure?? I see a lot of five year olds posting to
Re:Slashdot reader's thoughts: (Score:3, Funny)
And they smacked you down to -1 too. Seems the eds spend more time seeking revenge than checking their stories. If you'd been Roland Piquepaille, they wouldn't have been so cavalier.
Re:Speaking of explosions on the moon... (Score:2, Funny)
I've Found a Better Picture (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Speaking of explosions on the moon... (Score:2, Funny)
Then USSR would nuke the other side, starting a moon war and turn it into a vast sea of craters.......oh wait.
Well .... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Dupe (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, but look at the misleading title:
I mean, when did we get scientists back on the moon in the first place? And was the meteor picketing, or was this a sit-down strike?
Corrected headline:
Did it hit the dump outside of MoonBase Alpha ? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Not as big as Moon Base Alpha explosion in '99 (Score:3, Funny)
Furthermore, It's minute long spontaneous ignition (caused by improper management of the facility and not following the safety specifications) was hardly an explosion, it was more like a briefly sustained fusion (fission?) event.
I do have to concede that it was certainly many orders of magnitude greater in terms of energy release. The Lunar ignition of '99 generated enough energy to accelerate a body the size of the moon by 5Gs or so (nobody blacked out from the acceleration) and sustain it long enough to have escape Solar system escape velocity. Various theories about the discrepancy between a 60 second 5G acceleration and Solar system escape velocity being caused by the previously unknown "space warp" are still under investigation.
Re:Thats awesome news! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Speaking of explosions on the moon... (Score:1, Funny)