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Edited by The Triangle :
3/31/2015 8:19:24 AM
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NASA wants to give the moon a moon
http://gizmodo.com/nasa-wants-to-give-the-moon-a-moon-1693763872
[quote] NASA's Asteroid Redirection Mission (ARM) is an ambitious (and divisive) plan to take an asteroid, shunt it into lunar orbit, and then send astronauts to take a sample. The mission is a vital stepping-stone on the journey to Mars, and today, NASA finally announced how it will work.
Since the inception of ARM, there's been two options. Number one was to capture an entire, very small asteroid, and redirect it to the Moon. The second is to land a craft on a bigger asteroid, lift off a 40-foot chunk, and tow it to the Moon for examination. In a press conference today, NASA announce that it's going with the snatch 'n grab version.
There are two main reasons for going with option B. Firstly, there are a lot more targets — big asteroids near the Moon are more plentiful than small ones. Secondly, landing a robot on an asteroid will give NASA a better chance to test out technology that will eventually take humans to Mars.
The final asteroid selection isn't expected to be made until 2019, with the mission launching in 2020, and arriving at the asteroid two years later. From there, the craft would grab a boulder and conduct a few other pieces of research, managing to drag its trophy back to the Moon by 2025. [/quote]
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2 RepliesMoonception!!!
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4 RepliesReport from the future: During the ARM mission, the robotic lunar craft, which was operating on windows 57, experienced an operating system failure, resulting in the asteroid being directed into earth orbit where it impacted the sunken landmass once known as California.
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Edited by eelmonkey69: 6/3/2015 5:49:18 AMRelevant post is relevant
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YO DAWG I HEARD YOU LIKE MOONS
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Luna jr
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Edited by d 6d7565727465: 6/3/2015 5:18:46 AMYo dawg...
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1 ReplyYou definately high af
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1 ReplyApril fools!!
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2 RepliesYo dawg
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2 RepliesWill it be called Moon Moon?
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So drag an asteroid towards the moon and close to earth. What could possibly go wrong?
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Is it a big white ass?
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9 RepliesNASA, go home, you're drunk.
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1 ReplyWhat if Mr. Moon doesn't want another moon?
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"Who put you up to this? Crazy Willy?"
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If they do I think it would be mainly for the studies on the theory were the asteroid killed the dinosaurs they could idk science
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2 RepliesLol doing that would put earth at risk. Doubt they'll go through will that
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2 RepliesHow are they going to make sure it doesn't crash.
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Interesting. It's actually a fairly good concept to try. And it'd come in handy for testbedding other systems, too
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7 RepliesI feel like this may be an early April fools day joke. [spoiler]sorry to be a negative nancy[/spoiler]
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Edited by Autolycus: 3/31/2015 9:46:38 PMSee, I thought they were going to flash the moon with their shiny rocket scientist asses
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Moonception........
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Then in 100 years they will give our moons, moon a moon of its own. Triple mooning it up in this bitch!
