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blackrams
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JAN 27, 11:13 AM
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Out-of-control SpaceX rocket will smash into the moon in weeks
https://www.msn.com/en-us/n...ATaMR8?ocid=msedgntp
4 tons of rocket impacting at 5000 mph. Would make a nice show if only we could watch. Unfortunately, it will impact on the dark far side of the moon.
Guess we'll have to ask Pink Floyd how it went. 
Rams[This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 01-27-2022).]
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2.5
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JAN 27, 11:22 AM
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Isnt it about time with all this tech to get a camera up there with capability to see things happen on the "dark side" ? 
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maryjane
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JAN 27, 11:30 AM
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There is no "dark side of the moon". There is a near side (to Earth) and a far side.
IOW, there's simply a side we can't see from our vantage point here on Earth.
Even if we could see that area, the impact wouldn't be visible to the naked eye and probably not even with powerful binoculars. It is not expected to create a very big crater, maybe just a few yards wide.
NASA's 5800lb Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was intentionally crashed into the moon at 5,600mph, into an existing crater and it barely made a dent even viewed thru powerful telescopes.
Before and after photos of LCROSS impact area:
https://www.researchgate.ne...rater_fig5_253488737
The 100m means 100 meters, not 100 miles.
 [This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 01-27-2022).]
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rinselberg
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JAN 27, 11:43 AM
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"We have no enemies on the moon."
President Eisenhower[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 01-27-2022).]
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williegoat
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JAN 27, 11:48 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
"We have no enemies on the moon."
President Eisenhower
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"That's what they'd like you to believe."
Alex Jones
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blackrams
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JAN 27, 12:01 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
There is no "dark side of the moon". There is a near side (to Earth) and a far side.
IOW, there's simply a side we can't see from our vantage point here on Earth.
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OK, you got me on that one. I was trying to set up the Pink Floyd reference.
I fixed it.
Rams[This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 01-27-2022).]
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williegoat
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JAN 27, 12:14 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
OK, you got me on that one. I was trying to set up the Pink Floyd reference.
I fixed it.
Rams
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Aren't you a "dark side" guy?
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blackrams
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JAN 27, 12:19 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
Aren't you a "dark side" guy?
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 You have correctly ID'd me. Dark Side on both the bike and the trike.
Rams
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cliffw
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JAN 27, 01:56 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
Out-of-control SpaceX rocket will smash into the moon in weeks.
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
There is no "dark side of the moon". There is a near side (to Earth) and a far side.
IOW, there's simply a side we can't see from our vantage point here on Earth.
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What am I missing ? Am I to believe that this Space X rocket is going behind the Moon, turning around, and then impacting the Moon at 5,000 mph ?
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LitebulbwithaFiero
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JAN 27, 02:17 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by cliffw:
What am I missing ? Am I to believe that this Space X rocket is going behind the Moon, turning around, and then impacting the Moon at 5,000 mph ?
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That crazy African-American Musk was shooting the rocket at the Earth. Luckily the moon stepped up and took the bullet before it got us.
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