Members zarazabas Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 Long story short, i've been getting into amatuer astronomy a bit lately. Yep, I'm a massive nerd, what of it? :poke: NASA are crashing a space craft into the moon tonight to study the debree plume (this morning your time - 7:30am EDT. Tonight for me). http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=4802 I was hoping to be able to observe it with my brothers 12" dobsonian, but unfortunately the moon will not be visible here. I''ll have to settle for watching NASA TV's coverage. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/05oct_lcrossvg.htm http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html If any of you happen to have a telescope and check it out, I'd love to hear about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marko46 Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 I didn't check it out, but I knew it was going down. Even If I had gotten my hands on a telescope, it was too cloudy with all of this rain we're getting. My 8 yearold did call me this morning and said he'd seen it on TV. I'll check it out today on the 'putor. He said it was a big cloud od dust and WATER. I'll need to see that, but maybe he's correct and they did hit wayer and ice. Gotta admit, it is interesting. But now if they find lunar critters, they need to leave them there and not bring them back here to study. Way too Alienish for my comfort level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdawg Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 heard about it. c'mon, marko. little gnarly green guys with fangs would be cute. they could market them. big daddy could put some cajun seasoning on 'em. have an open mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Big Daddy Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 heard about it. c'mon, marko. little gnarly green guys with fangs would be cute. they could market them. big daddy could put some cajun seasoning on 'em. have an open mind. Cajun fried critters ! Yum ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdawg Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 +1!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jack Thumper Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 heard about it. c'mon, marko. little gnarly green guys with fangs would be cute. they could market them. big daddy could put some cajun seasoning on 'em. have an open mind. Yeah!!!! invite the little green thingy's to the October Drum Fest to teach Marko how to Moon Walk before ya toast'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marko46 Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 How in the hell did a lunar impact thread turn into a rag on marko thread.As far as having an open mind I do. It's cavernous actually.Finally, how do you know they're green? I kinda think they're gray. I don't believe there's color on the moon. It's all black an white, with a few shades of gray in between. And, did any of you comedians watch "Alien"? I don't think Tums or Prilosec will relieve that amount of pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wellhungarian Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 Don't let NASA fool you. They aren't looking for water, they are looking for cheese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdawg Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 How in the hell did a lunar impact thread turn into a rag on marko thread. As far as having an open mind I do. It's cavernous actually. . rag on marko? it's only right. hey, everyone, marko's cavernous! take that, assless chaps-man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danrothmusic Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 I'm an amateur astronomer! (I kinda go a bit beyond that actually, I've been helping a prof. with his research for the past 9 months or so ) It's supposed to be cloudy here tonight, but there will be PLENTY of pictures up on the interwebs tomorrow, I'm sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members manoeuver Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 faked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cdawg Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 faked. the moon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eyehearya Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 Anybody have links to decent telescope vids or pics on this yet? This is all I've seen so far: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/10/09/probe.moon.crash/index.html#cnnSTCVideo (why is Horatio Sanz in NASA control room?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shnoodle Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 faked. Hahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the DW Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 ....They aren't looking for water, they are looking for cheese. Is that where he went? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members k7mto Posted October 9, 2009 Members Share Posted October 9, 2009 It was 4:30 am here on the west coast, but damn if I was gonna get up that early (that and I have no telescope). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kabaalk Posted October 10, 2009 Members Share Posted October 10, 2009 bacon. Fixt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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