NASA | Ten Cool Things Seen in the First Year of LRO

NASA | Ten Cool Things Seen in the First Year of LRO

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To celebrate one year in orbit, here are ten cool things already observed by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Note that the stories here are just a small sample of what the LRO team has released and barely touch on the major scientific accomplishments of the mission.

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Ratama

how about instead we keep it down to earth. deep space astronomy is a monstrously pointless, expensive endeavor that only functions as a distraction to the injustice, social inequity, corruption and outright murder the government that funds it commits.
Saturday 05 February 2011 02:50:34
ErickW666

Science trumps religion every time, because facts hold more weight than primitive myths.
Friday 17 December 2010 10:47:13
DackIsBack

@pisoff44 Like the earth is flat? ;)
Thursday 16 September 2010 15:40:12
pisoff44

@DackIsBack lol? maybe Sceince have proofed many things but not all also Religion have proofen some stuffs.
Thursday 16 September 2010 15:37:00
julsHz

Do something you love and you never have to work a day in your life...
Tuesday 13 July 2010 09:31:47
DackIsBack

@JoeyPsych "Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is, in its broadest sense, any systematic knowledge-base or prescriptive practice that is capable of resulting in a correct prediction, or reliably-predictable type of outcome..." - Wikipedia. Nothing like religion... Science = Knowledge. Religion = Socially Acceptable Mass Psychosis. Faith = Belief without Evidence.
Monday 05 July 2010 17:35:00
JoeyPsych

@DackIsBack I prefer: science = religion, well at least if you look at it from a philosofical point of view ;)
Monday 05 July 2010 17:22:03
khunopie

NASA puts the god in Goddard.
Tuesday 29 June 2010 10:51:35
BahoUtot

So this moon thingy isn't made out of cheese after all? Oh man
Sunday 27 June 2010 21:00:39
DrDoe1

I wonder how the coldest place in the solar system is on the moon? You would think one of those ice moons or even something closer to the edge of the solar system would be colder....
Sunday 27 June 2010 16:43:58
Mathview

@gadget133 Oh yes, now I'm Sad. But policy can change, President and congress will change. So it's likely we will get to go back after all. LRO and LCROSS Amazing! Rocket from earth to the moon, creating an orbiting robotic laboratory, water impact experiments, precision maps of the the lunar surface of unprecedented quality, so smooth it is almost routine to go to the Moon. TY for the discussion.
Sunday 27 June 2010 04:34:51
gadget133

@Mathview Makes sense... I would suppose that you would get a chalky limestone (in texture only of course) stratification once you went down a meter or so... Yes, it would be a huge bonus to the understanding of how the solar system formed. The fact that there is no geological movement gives us an unprecedented ability to study impacts also. Makes you cry at the whole "never been back" thing.
Sunday 27 June 2010 03:05:17
Mathview

@gadget133 TY Useful stuff on the Maria. As to Dust, Dust is a good thing to study. It seems likely that lunar stratigraphy would be a great way of getting a ~10^9 year record of dust flux and composition in our solar system. Further, there will be a record of ejecta of earth origin, e.g. big volcanic and big impact. The lack of wind and water erosion on the moon suggests an undisturbed stratigraphy and geochronology of dust deposits. A real treasure trove.
Saturday 26 June 2010 08:15:45
gadget133

@Mathview From memory... That ocean looking thing on the far side is actually the remnants of a molten ocean after a collision or impact from a comet or meteor. Same as on the near side. And the core drill would have to be VERY long to get anything useful as most of the surface is dust... Very fine dust. And that is rather deep in places.
Saturday 26 June 2010 02:57:03
meatwarrior

I just reallsed our nearest neighbour has been shielding us on Earth from a massive load of dangerous meteors by the looks of the crater impacts on the far side.
Saturday 26 June 2010 00:33:46
austpom333

What was that i heard about firing rockets into the moon, why?
Friday 25 June 2010 05:24:07
anmoose

Amazing images! The resolutions and detail we're getting now are just phenomenal.
Friday 25 June 2010 02:36:39
UltraRebels

@handplanty You bring the rocket. I'll bring the crackers and a tea kettle.
Thursday 24 June 2010 17:55:06
UltraRebels

@DackIsBack Amen to that mate ;)
Thursday 24 June 2010 17:50:27
wakeboarder124

@DackIsBack that sounds educated
Thursday 24 June 2010 15:07:02
m00ste

@jrjrjrjr1234 So because space is a vacuum and the flag is attached to a moving pole means that the flag will not be able to move?
Thursday 24 June 2010 11:07:56
m00ste

@handplanty I prefer ball of rock that has been hit by millions of asteroids.
Thursday 24 June 2010 11:02:42
m00ste

Farside is amazing
Thursday 24 June 2010 11:02:11
sebastiansz

wow, the Far Side of our Moon saved our planet many times ;) it's completely bombarded.
Thursday 24 June 2010 06:38:02
joachim2464

@jrjrjrjr1234 because there is no air there is nothing to stop the flag from moving. Therefore the kinetic energy from the astronauts transfered to the flag makes the flag move een more on the moon than on earth and it takes longer for the flag to release all the energy.
Thursday 24 June 2010 04:41:53