Nuke the moon

[teh0wnz0r]

Years ago someone made the joke about nuking the moon as a sign of superiority to other nations. The rationale behind it was the idea of who would fuck with a nation so crazy that they would fire nukes at a completely uninhabited stellar object? Well, nukes might not be used in the lacross mission, but they are most definitely trying to blow a

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[forwrathandruin]

Or, you know, to the sport of Lacrosse. Which is probably what they're looking for.

And no, it isn't 'vandalism.' No one owns the moon and the crater isn't going to be visible from earth or readily recognizable as being of unnatural origin. It's an experiment worth doing. I'm just glad we're up to the scale of being able to pull off stuff like this.

[lightningtea]

Yeah, I think Steve's nailed this one.

Lacrosse. Origin: As early as 12th Century AD.

Macross. Origin: 1982.

And yes, it's a valid experiment. But you know there's NASA folks going "Tee hee. We get to nuke the fucking moon. Take that, moon!"