The launch was scheduled for June 18, with impact about Oct. 8. The San Francisco Examiner suggests that the true target is an extraterrestrial colony on the moon. {#Rolleyes}

Was it actually launched? I dunno.

(William Randolph Hearst lives!)

*edit* On-schedule launch apparently reported by Fox News video.

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 5:21pm
hobiejoe wrote: Apparently "....one giant leap for mankind" doesn't extend to sharing film of someone, and you know who you are, whacking the Moon being made available in "your country" because of "copyright restrictions". Grrr. It's too bad. Quite the impact.

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 5:21pm
hobiejoe wrote: Apparently "....one giant leap for mankind" doesn't extend to sharing film of someone, and you know who you are, whacking the Moon being made available in "your country" because of "copyright restrictions". Grrr. Bloody NASA. Probably some stoopid national security wanker thing.

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 5:16pm
Welly wrote: Yep, they posted video here. Apparently "....one giant leap for mankind" doesn't extend to sharing film of someone, and you know who you are, whacking the Moon being made available in "your country" because of "copyright restrictions". Grrr.

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 5:08pm
Welly wrote: Yep, they posted video here. son of a ...

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 4:54pm

starcloud wrote:

Anyone know if this has happened yet?
June 17, 2009 | NASA's mission to bomb the Moon

NASA will tomorrow launch a spectacular mission to bomb the Moon. Their LCROSS mission will blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying a missile that will blast a hole in the lunar surface at twice the speed of a bullet. The missile, a Centaur rocket, will be steered by a shepherding spacecraft that will guide it towards its target - a crater close to the Moon's south pole. Scientists expect the blast to be so powerful that a huge plume of debris will be ejected.

Yep, they posted video here.

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 4:29pm

Anyone know if this has happened yet?
June 17, 2009 | NASA's mission to bomb the Moon

NASA will tomorrow launch a spectacular mission to bomb the Moon. Their LCROSS mission will blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying a missile that will blast a hole in the lunar surface at twice the speed of a bullet. The missile, a Centaur rocket, will be steered by a shepherding spacecraft that will guide it towards its target - a crater close to the Moon's south pole. Scientists expect the blast to be so powerful that a huge plume of debris will be ejected.

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 4:22pm
Although it's about Mars, the movie "Capricorn One" is available for rental. That's actual footage of real actors in Hollywood or somewhere, preserved quite nicely.

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 3:04pm
Atman wrote: You gotta admit Spielberg's touch on the new Hi-def vids of the 'Moon shot' are pretty goshdarn good! It's real hard to tell where the studio shooting and the mattes overlap. I guess with all the newfangled CG tech they got now... Easy to tell, in the original there were no space aliens or explosions (well except for the Apollo 13 one).

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 2:53pm
meower wrote: that's cause it never really happened. maybe yes, maybe no... non?

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 2:51pm

Zep wrote:

Moon landing tapes got erased, NASA admits

Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:32pm EDT

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The original recordings of the first humans landing on the moon 40 years ago were erased and re-used, but newly restored copies of the original broadcast look even better, NASA officials said on Thursday.

NASA's Apollo 11 Partial Restoration HD Videos

The "...One Small Step" video is of Neil Armstrong climbing down the lunar module ladder to the lunar surface. The video compares existing footage with the partially restored video.

Looks like they have some restored. I think there was over 3 hrs of live coverage. I think CBS might have a taped copy of their broadcast.

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 2:31pm
meower wrote: that's cause it never really happened. You gotta admit Spielberg's touch on the new Hi-def vids of the 'Moon shot' are pretty goshdarn good! It's real hard to tell where the studio shooting and the mattes overlap. I guess with all the newfangled CG tech they got now...

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 2:20pm
zipper wrote: Amazing. After forty years, it's too easy to forget how brave those three were. Absolutely.

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 1:56pm
hobbitt wrote: boston.com has some gorgeous photos from the Apollo 11 moon mission: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/remembering_apollo_11.html Amazing. After forty years, it's too easy to forget how brave those three were.

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 1:03pm
Now if they could just find the first couple Super Bowls.

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 1:01pm
boston.com has some gorgeous photos from the Apollo 11 moon mission: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/remembering_apollo_11.html

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 12:38pm

Zep wrote:

Not sure where this belonged, as it pertains to space, conspiracy theories, and history, as well as a generous helping of WTF. So I put it out here all by itself.

"To the Moon, gentlemen!"

"The Moon!"

Moon landing tapes got erased, NASA admits

Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:32pm EDT

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

Well, they have remade a lot of the other things from that era. Let's just hope they do better than McHale's Navy and Bewitched. The special effects are much better now too. This time we could have some explosions, and maybe a big chase scene.Have Ben Afflec and Matt Damon done anything together lately?

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Posted: Jul 16, 2009 - 12:34pm
Zep wrote: Moon landing tapes got erased, NASA admits Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:32pm EDT that's cause it never really happened.

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