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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. The Time Machine? by armyofone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Makes me see the moon-falling-on-the-earth scene in The Time Machine remake all over again.

    Oooops!!

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  2. Space 2003/4? by Jack+Comics · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Let's try not to trigger any nuclear explosions on the moon now... no one wants the moon to break away from Earth orbit and go hurtling into the far reaches of space under the control of Martin Landau, now do we? Then again, meeting Maya might just be worth it... meow.

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  3. Late breaking news... by diatonic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    US Intelligence reports have confirmed that Saddam Hussein and his sons may be hiding in an undergound bunker in the Lunar Poles.

    .:diatonic:.

  4. Explosions in Space? by N8F8 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Doesn't a lot of the effect of the explosion of a Daisy Cutter depend on the fluid dynamics of a nitrogen density atmosphere?

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