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Back to the Moon?

Posted by michael on from the nasa-will-probably-fake-this-one-too dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This BBC story discusses the prospects of probes returning to the moon. The article first mentions the ESA's SMART-1 probe, which will overfly the Apollo landing sites during 2003, and then talks with US scientists about why NASA should send probes back."

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  1. Are we running low on cheese? by FelixCat · · Score: 3, Funny
    The best reason for going back to the moon is to replentish our supply of cheese. It wouldn't be that hard to go back there. In Wallace and Gromit's "Grand Day Out" they completed the project over a weekend.

    I don't know why this is such a big deal!

  2. Re:Imagine how it smells by now! by mskfisher · · Score: 3, Funny

    but it's vacuum-sealed!
    well, almost.

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  3. LOL: +1 Informative by Subcarrier · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is the first moderator who has made me laugh.

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  4. return to the moon? by spongebobsquarepants · · Score: 3, Funny

    According to top level sources broadcasting out of Pahrump, Nevada (ie Art Bell), we've yet to make the trip. It will be embarrassing when some new lunar probe confirms this ;)

  5. Re:Private missions to the moon by Saeger · · Score: 3, Funny
    IMO, you're vastly overestimating the value of "moon dirt". You'd need to ask a few interested people what they'd be willing to pay...

    Personally, I wouldn't want to own an encapsulated speck of moon dust, but I would want a good sized moon rock that I could hold in my grubby hands. *I* would value an average density 1cm moonrock at no more than $1,000, which is still a profit over the insane $/kg of chemical-rocket transportation costs.

    The reason I wouldn't pay any more than that is because its novelty value will drop to zero over time, just as if Columbus had brought back "American Soil!"...

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  6. WE NEVER WENT TO THE MOON!! by ashitaka · · Score: 4, Funny

    Never!

    Not once!

    You're a complete idiot if you believe for one friggin second we went to the moon.

    We didn't have an "accident" on lucky #13.

    We didn't bring back any dusty rocks.

    We didn't boot around in an electric buggy.

    We didn't slowly bounce up and down like Britney Spears on Qualuudes.

    We didn't make any "small steps for man."

    We didn;t drive golf balls "miles and miles"

    I AM CANADIAN! We didn't go to the moon!

    Bunch of Americans did though...

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