Well, if this causes to be more help than harm then I'd say I'm for it. The idea of living on the moon kind of confuses me, and is now causing me to think a lot. Poor moon, though. It's face is going to be frowning, after getting blasted and all!

I'm torn at the idea in general. Thing is, I'm both a scientist and a .....something. Mystic? Romantic? Oh, whatever the word. I like the idea of the moon staying how it is for all the world and the future generations to see and enjoy. But I'm also curious about it scientifically. What if there actually is a hidden reservoir of frozen water buried under the dust of the surface? Then there's the part of me that wonders if they started seriously exploring the moon if they'd find the ruins of a Moon Kingdom.... =3

@Darkestofsouls: That's what I thought too. In my opinion not everything needs to be explored to within an inch of its life.

@mountainphoenixfeline: I don't even want to think about the hay-day NASA and the world in general would have if that happened. @[email protected]

The moon gets hit by stuff all the time, and it's still there, shining down on us at night. I'm not too worried about it. XP

I would hope the people at NASA know what they are doing. I heard they want to not only see if there is water on the moon, but also analyze the data of what they find beneath the moon. If they find water I heard they may try to use that data to perhaps use this area to put lunar colonies at some point. Could be good could be bad, I just hope that none of this causes any change in the moons effect on the earth.

On the flip side of the issue we really could learn something not only very fascinating about the moon, but something data that could prove useful in the future.

Originally Posted by Princess_Marie

They are gonna screw up the earth this way, messing with the moon messes with other things.

yeah i agree. this worries me. i read a book a couple years ago and in the book the moon got bombed and fell like a couple thousand feet closer to the earth. and it caused the earth to be in an apocalyptic state. hopefully this doesn't happen in real life :\

So now that it's past time, did anyone see the impact? Has there been any effects? I would have gotten up to see it, but it would've been freezing and I like my sleep too much....

With a lack of gravitational pull for the moon... how does the water stay in the dirt, might I ask? It's heavier than 'air' and there's no 'air' around the moon. Which makes it very cold. So, yes, ice... but with the lack of gravity... wouldn't there be 'rings' around the moon just like the planets farther away? It would be where the water level is. (As far as us having not gone back to the moon since... when was it...? My dad was seven? Well... seriously, why not? Lack of a reason to? It'd be -cheaper- now in equivalence than it was then. It would also be -safer- and more -efficient- with our increased technology. The fact that they haven't provided us with another trip makes some of us shake our heads in disbelief. I don't know what to think.)

...but if you want to look at it from the point of view that we've really -not- been there and its Hollywood - then my theory would make some sense, right? As for why we wouldn't have seen the rings... well, put it this way: A while ago a new ring was discovered around Saturn. And its the largest ring there is around it! You think we wouldn't be able to miss it. =/ Glare from the sun. Maybe its a half ring. Maybe the water migrates around the moon like a tide. Like our gravity effects it, also? We hardly know what the 'dark side' of the moon looks like.

I honestly wonder if they are thiking of cultivating the moon somehow 0.0 why else would they be so interested in the fact that the moon has water? But here's my theory on that...What happens if we thaw all this water, and there's some kind of alien organism that isn't good for humans in it? Like some kind of alien plague or something. This is why I think that some things should just be left alone as they are. >.<

As far as I know, they're checking to see if there's a water supply so they can colonize the moon.

Originally Posted by Elmira Swift

As far as I know, they're checking to see if there's a water supply so they can colonize the moon.

YES.


@all who think the world is going to end because they crashed the magic school bus (aka the little space-doily) into the moon...

NO.

R.I.P. Moon. You will be missed.... Oh wait..... You didn't die. Silly me

@Toast: >;D you sarcastic little shet. LUL

Originally Posted by Cupcake Ninja

@Toast: >;D you sarcastic little shet. LUL

lol... You knows it, beybeh

So yes, the moon appears to have survived, but any word on NASA's findings? Any effects on the moon, the earth, etc.?

@mountainpheonix: over the next weeks, the scientist people will be analyzing the data.

the moon is fine.

click this to see the tiny white spot that is the flash of the impact

@cupcake ninja: cool link, guess the flash wasn't as dramatic as i thought it would've been.
and yay the world didn't end. this is good. :D

*sweat drop*

that's what i've been trying to tell everyone... haha

i guess pictures speak loud enough to be "heard".

Thanks for the pic cupcake. I'm rather glad I didn't bother to stay up for that. xD

@jellybean: yeah i dont think you would've been able to see it with the naked eye. Woulda been a waste. haha

@ Cupcake ninja: Thanks for the link! It may be pixely but it's still a neat picture! I'll have to check the astronomy photo of the day (APOD) more often. :)

Well, we aren't all dead, so I guess I can safely safe "sorry I doubted you, NASA."

Now, lets hope something good comes out of that data.