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Bombing the Moon for Water

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the make-go-boom dept.

s20451 writes "In 1998, NASA scientists deliberately crashed the Lunar Prospector into the Moon, in a failed attempt to detect traces of water allegedly hiding in deep craters at the lunar south pole. Now the BBC is reporting a new proposal to attack the lunar poles with "Bunker Buster" missiles to liberate a detectable amount of water. Called Polar Night, the mission is being proposed as part of the "Discovery" series of probes."

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  1. Been there, done that! Got the radioactive t-shirt by Thud457 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Dr. Strangelove, I presume?

    You know, these terroristical A-rabs just aren't the intimidating foes that the Soviet supermen or the Aryan NAZIs were. I bet Rumsfeld/Cheney/Bush wish the cold war wasn't over!

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  2. Re:What is this MSNBC? by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't recall anybody denying either of those.

    And BTW, they have located a 6-12 month supply of medical supplies for all the hospitals in a warehouse IN BAGHDAD.

    Dead babies make good propaganda.

  3. Leave it to Dubya to want to bomb the Moon, too. by leftie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This Crawford Pig Farmer is like a second-grader creating the game "Ooey-Gooey" by pouring water over a loaf of bread and throwing the slices at a wall to watch them *splat*. He hasn't even reached the level of emotional maturity necessary to generate the phrase "oooooooooo.... ahhhhhhh" at a fireworks show.