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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:Conspiracy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You fool. They didn't fake the moon landing. They didn't have to. They travel there on a daily basis with technology reverse engineered from the Roswell crash. They are preparing us for additional "meteor" strikes which will actually be missiles designed to knock out secret alien and ex-soviet moon bases!

  2. Colony on the moon by vldragon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If a mere 10 inch meteor can create a 4 ton explosion then I don't think it would ever be a good idea to try to put a colony on the moon. If this kind of thing happens often, and the say it does, there would have to be a whole lot of protection for any structure we put on the moon. Or develope shields...

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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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  3. Terrorists on the moon? by xkr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which terrorist group is NASA blaming ?

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  4. "that's about the same as 4 tons of TNT" by zegebbers · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's all well and good, but how many football fields was the impact?

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  5. and in news just to hand... by Audent · · Score: 5, Funny

    NASA has released a video clip of its server being struck with 17 billion hits all at the same time.

    "That's about the same as 4 tons of TNT, or an entire Slashdot community" says Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, AL.

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  6. Re:Where's the sound? by digitalchinky · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where is the kaboom? There was meant to be an earth shattering kaboom....

  7. Re:Sagan's account by canatech · · Score: 5, Informative

    Try this -

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno_(crate r)

  8. "Caught on Video" by GhaleonStrife · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Caught on Video" makes it sound like something dirty was happening. "Hot meteorite on Moon action! All caught on video!"