UPDATE - I watched the bombing live this morning. Even the NASA people were at a loss of words afterwards. So, now is my question.... was the moon really bombed? What happened? I saw nothing and no one I have found saw anything either. hhhmmm... that opens up other questions, did something stop the bomb?
I still don't get how other countries are allowing the United States to Bomb the Moon!
It is Not the United States to bomb, it is the world's moon. But it seems like everything else, the U.S. thinks they can do as they please and take what they want.
There are lots of "what ifs" in my opinion.
What if pieces fall off in chunks and are like astroids and hit the Earth?
What if our tides are affected?
What if it causes the moon to wobble and go off it's axis?
In other words what right does the U.S. have to do this and Why aren't other countries standing up to the U.S. and saying "No you can not bomb the moon"!
Link to NASA with more information about who will be able to see what, depending on where you are in the country.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/impact/impact_amateur.html#
This reminds me of the Apollo missions. On one of them, they sent the lunar module (after transfer) to crash on the surface. They had seismic devices on the moon and they were surprised to see that the moon rang like a bell, as if it were hollow
ReplyDeleteSome say that our moon is a real freak among moons. That without the tides, caused by our moon, life would NOT have evolved. Some suspect that the moon is an artificial body.