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Apollo Bacteria Destroying the Moon

Posted by Zonk on from the war-of-the-worlds dept.

Rob Carr writes "According to the online version of the journal Nature, the moon is being rapidly destroyed by bacteria left behind during the Apollo missions. According to the article: 'There really is less Moon up there than there used to be. If the process continues, he adds, the Moon could eventually crumble away to nothing. Researchers are not yet certain what is causing the erosion. Kawalkowizc suggests that bacteria left behind by the Apollo Moon landings of the 1960s and 1970s may be responsible.' Satellite images show cracks in the moon - the image in the article shows the amazing amount of devastation. The Moon is slowly outgassing and will be destroyed in our lifetime. Speculation is that the ultraviolet radiation mutated the bacteria into it's present ravenous and destructive form. The article does not deal with several important topics. Will a ring system form around Earth? Will this bacteria destroy satellites and quarantine humanity to Earth? Can this bacteria survive entry into Earth's atmosphere, dooming our planet as well?"

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  1. For the love of $DIETY by kin_korn_karn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Please stop. This isn't funny anymore.

    1. Re:For the love of $DIETY by GeorgeMcBay · · Score: 2, Insightful
      Is this your first April Fool's day on Slashdot?


      This happens every year. At least every year I've logged into Slashdot on this day.


      Since it is, after all, a link site, the fact that there are so many "jokes" on this day makes sense. But, of course, the abundance of them just ruins them all. So if you must Slashdot on April 1st, just spend the day trolling or something....

  2. Please stop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Please stop. You're hurting us now.

  3. I was thinking of not posting... by nsasch · · Score: 5, Insightful

    but I realized, why not? Would anybody waste mod-points today for making a completely useless comment?

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  4. Magic by pete-classic · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Magic bacteria that aren't bound by conservation of mass.

    Neat.

    Am I the only one that thinks that the point of April Fools is to try to catch someone off guard? By the time you post 37 bullshit stories all you are doing is being annoying. This new thing with posting think geek stuff over and over is particularly annoying.

    On the other hand, I've been here long enough to realize that I'm not going to influence the editors.

    -Peter