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2024-01-22 Science & Technology

NASA Probe Shoots Indian Moon Lander With Laser

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 That seems rude:p

Posted by Silentbrick 2024-01-22 00:01|| 2024-01-22 00:01|| Front Page Top

#2 When the Chinese do that.....you all get upset.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-01-22 06:43|| 2024-01-22 06:43|| Front Page Top

#3 "first-of-it's-kind"
Bull. NASA put laser retroreflectors on the moon in 5 of the Apollo missions.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-01-22 08:27|| 2024-01-22 08:27|| Front Page Top

#4 But it was the first time NASA had "partners of color" on the project.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-01-22 08:39|| 2024-01-22 08:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Why, when I read that headline, did I immediately hear the Imperial March from Star Wars?

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2024-01-22 12:59|| 2024-01-22 12:59|| Front Page Top

#6 On The Big Bang Theory the gang bounced laser impulses off a reflector placed by one of the Apollo landings.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2024-01-22 17:18|| 2024-01-22 17:18|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ that's how we tell if the moon is falling out of orbit.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-22 17:53|| 2024-01-22 17:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Well, the moon is gradually receding from the earth due to angular momentum. No word yet on what sort of global tax may need to be instituted to stop it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-01-22 18:22|| 2024-01-22 18:22|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, the moon is gradually receding from the earth due to angular momentum.

Wait! What if that is the cause of Global Warmening? We need to bring the Moon closer to Earth to try and stop the warming. Come on, man! Don't you want to save the planet?

Posted by SteveS 2024-01-22 19:44|| 2024-01-22 19:44|| Front Page Top

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