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Fredski
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Moon Takes One For The Team

02/26/2014 2:00 PM

anyone thats ever looked at the surface of the moon knows it has little protection from space junk, recently it took on 900 lbs. @ over 30,000 mph

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8fe58ROYG0
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Re: Moon Takes One For The Team

02/26/2014 3:30 PM

Ouch!...That's gonna' leave a mark....

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Re: Moon Takes One For The Team

02/26/2014 3:59 PM

Interesting that there was no media coverage of the potential to hit Earth.

How many more go past that we don't even know about?

Ignorance is bliss!! (Sometimes)

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Re: Moon Takes One For The Team

02/26/2014 7:53 PM

Well we would notice it if it was a large one!

Them gas giants are not doing their job!

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Re: Moon Takes One For The Team

02/27/2014 5:38 AM

Sorry guys, I keep telling the wife to slow down. The ship is a wreck now. But thanks goes to NASA Space Side Assistance and the ISS for calling it in.
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Re: Moon Takes One For The Team

02/27/2014 9:05 AM

This shows a movie of the strike...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/02/24/lunar_impact_video_of_an_asteroid_hitting_the_moon.html
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