New Moon Mission
Discussion
cottonfoo said:
Eric Mc said:
I reckon the plume didn't rise high enough for it to be lit by the sun.
By the time it reached sunlight, the camera carrying craft had already impacted. I think we will need to see the results from the ground based telescopes (and Hubble too).
Doubt Hubble will have a wide enough view to be useful.By the time it reached sunlight, the camera carrying craft had already impacted. I think we will need to see the results from the ground based telescopes (and Hubble too).
grumbledoak said:
So, a concerted effort to make this sound like a success, but without the 'plume' they can't yet be sure that the data they have will tell them anything...
That about sums it up. It will probably take a few days at least before they will be able to say for certain whether they will get anything useable.I would expect that they were fooled into expecting spectacular images by assuming the result would be similar to the ones received from the Deep Impact comet probe of a few years ago.
It looks to me that the moon is very different to a comet -
its surface material is different
its gravity is higher
and I am pretty sure that the impact velocity of around 5,000 mph was quite a bit less than Deep Impact's so therefore the kinetic energy released would have been a lot less.
Quote from LCROSS Wiki;
Wikipedia said:
Public reaction in response to the impact was stated to be "puzzled", as the impact was not visually prominent; project manager Dan Andrews believed that this was due to pre-crash simulations that exaggerated the plume's prominence (some simulations were not done by NASA). Another possibility was that lighting was not sufficient, and would result in the need for image processing to increase clarity.
I just made this: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=2009100911163185...
WARNING - VERY BAD LANGUAGE
(I know, I should get out more).
WARNING - VERY BAD LANGUAGE
(I know, I should get out more).
Edited by GetCarter on Friday 9th October 16:24
Well done.spitfire-ian said:
Just had a rather interesting 
conversation with a couple of people at work about todays events.
They had read in the Daily Star that NASA were going to "bomb the moon" which then lead to comments like...
"What happens if they knock it out of orbit?"
"They don't know what's inside the moon so what happens if it starts a chain of events which make the thing explode?"
"Who knows what viruses they might disturb and send back here"
"What are they doing nuking the moon for? Surely that will just annoy Iran and we'll all get nuked"
"The NASA scientists know nothing about bombs so how do they know it will work correctly?"
They didn't appreciate my laughter
Similarly, on BBC Breakfast, they were interviewing an astronomer about this, and one of the questions they asked was that viewers had contacted the BBC worried about the risks in case it had an effect on us here on earth. conversation with a couple of people at work about todays events.They had read in the Daily Star that NASA were going to "bomb the moon" which then lead to comments like...
"What happens if they knock it out of orbit?"
"They don't know what's inside the moon so what happens if it starts a chain of events which make the thing explode?"
"Who knows what viruses they might disturb and send back here"
"What are they doing nuking the moon for? Surely that will just annoy Iran and we'll all get nuked"
"The NASA scientists know nothing about bombs so how do they know it will work correctly?"
They didn't appreciate my laughter
Stupid people are everywhere.
And I do mean stupid, rather than just ignorant/uninformed.
Edited by Balmoral Green on Friday 9th October 18:22
Balmoral Green said:
spitfire-ian said:
Just had a rather interesting conversation with a couple of people at work about todays events.
They had read in the Daily Star that NASA were going to "bomb the moon" which then lead to comments like...
"What happens if they knock it out of orbit?"
"They don't know what's inside the moon so what happens if it starts a chain of events which make the thing explode?"
"Who knows what viruses they might disturb and send back here"
"What are they doing nuking the moon for? Surely that will just annoy Iran and we'll all get nuked"
"The NASA scientists know nothing about bombs so how do they know it will work correctly?"
They didn't appreciate my laughter
Similarly, on BBC Breakfast, they were interviewing an astronomer about this, and one of the questions they asked was that viewers had contacted the BBC worried about the risks in case it had an effect on us here on earth. conversation with a couple of people at work about todays events.They had read in the Daily Star that NASA were going to "bomb the moon" which then lead to comments like...
"What happens if they knock it out of orbit?"
"They don't know what's inside the moon so what happens if it starts a chain of events which make the thing explode?"
"Who knows what viruses they might disturb and send back here"
"What are they doing nuking the moon for? Surely that will just annoy Iran and we'll all get nuked"
"The NASA scientists know nothing about bombs so how do they know it will work correctly?"
They didn't appreciate my laughter
Stupid people are everywhere.
And I do mean stupid, rather than just ignorant/uninformed.
Edited by Balmoral Green on Friday 9th October 18:22
GetCarter said:
I just made this: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=2009100911163185...
WARNING - VERY BAD LANGUAGE
(I know, I should get out more).
Excellent WARNING - VERY BAD LANGUAGE
(I know, I should get out more).
johnfm said:
The Excession said:
Hmmmm.... didn't see much.... guess it must've burnt up during entry
you're kidding, right?What would cause them to burn up on entry? There's no atmosphere is there?
As for craters on the moon... it was the moon mice what did it. oh
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