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New Crater On Moon Caught On Video

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the to-the-moon-alice dept.

From A Far Away Land writes "NASA has released a video clip of a meteorite striking the surface of the Moon. From the article: 'On May 2, 2006, a meteoroid hit the Moon's Sea of Clouds (Mare Nubium) with 17 billion joules of kinetic energy -- that's about the same as 4 tons of TNT," says Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, AL.'"

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  1. Re:Colony on the moon by FuturePastNow · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think a meteorite striking a lunar base would be like shooting at an ant crawling on the side of a barn. From a mile away. With your eyes closed. Of course, the thing about random chance is that it's bound to happen eventually, but I don't think any astronauts will lose sleep over it.

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  2. Re:So what are the odds by Gabrill · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One Word: Atmosphere. It's why the Earth doesn't look like the Moon.

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  3. Re:Sagan's account by Rimbo · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I think the obvious answer is that getting from here

    As it was in the beginning, is now, and always shall be: for ever and ever.


    to here

    the Bible was telling them that the earth and heavens were unchanged since Creation and would remain unchanged forever after


    is a non sequitur... in context, the latter does not necessarily follow from the former.