Jim... you seem disappointed mate! Personally, I can't wait for those HOLLOW MOON threads to start up now!

IRM

Oh great, don't get them started.

Seriously though Jim, what do you think happened?

This is just weird.

i was right all along, this was a bad idea

it was a waste of money

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The impact should have been easily seen, especially from the orbiter that was snapping the images.

Even if they didn't see what they expected to see, hopefully they still got data.

The jury is still out, though as to whether or not it went as expected.
Don't forget, the primary science is not done by "looking at the plume in visible light". There are many other scientific instruments on board to collect data other than what can be seen.

But even if they didn't get the result they expected, in science it's not important to get the result you expect -- in fact many scientific breakthroughs come from getting unexpected results. The DATA is more important. As long as they got data to analyze, the "result" will be discerned from that data...

...however, if they didn't get good data, someone will be in trouble.


EDIT: Spelllling

[edit on 10/9/2009 by Soylent Green Is People]

Yep...I woke up for it too...

My question is why is 97% of the media this morning is on circus news or either Baracks Nobel peace Prize and 3% on something of this scale?

weird...

and why did the screens just go all white at impact? I serioulsy doubt that they were going to show us what they REALLY hit ( ET colony?)

This made me think back to earlier this week on the Science channel where they were discussing and showing weapons for space.....

Mark my words people, you may all laugh now.

But when it rains cheese tomorrow, you'll all know the truth.

Bring the rain, cheese rain.

How much of a plume would expect if you fire a bullet into mud!

WOW......Simply wow,


Im just...... lost without words to describe it. maybe this will work.

Ricky Ricardo: NASA, you got some 'splainin' to do!

where are you guys watching this??? no news is covering it...not even the NASA channel....??? (believe me , I looked, I wanted to see this!)

Originally posted by ButterCookie
...and why did the screens just go all white at impact? I serioulsy doubt that they were going to show us what they REALLY hit ( ET colony?)...

If they wanted to hit an ET colony, why even tell us that they are doing it (ostensibly under the guise of a science mission)? Why not just send the "impactor" there without telling us?

Only sharp-eyed astronomers would have noticed, and even if they did notice, it could be explained away as a meteor impact.

I understand Mt Polomar saw nothing with the 200 inch telescope.

Maybe it went in through a "porthole" and is bouncing around inside.

The thing was going the speed of a bullet..and must have been several feet in diameter. With very little atmosphere on the moon I do not believe it hit "mud"... so yes.. NASA is going to have to work overtime to come up with whatever story they will hatch to keep from telling us what really happened.