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Saturday, July 05, 2008

Link - Moon Explosions

What with President Bush wanting to get the U.S. back to the moon in the near future so that we can use it as a lunch pad for a trip to Mars, this is rather fascinating...

Since 2005, NASA has observed 100 explosions on the surface of the Moon. The big booms, usually equivalent to a few hundred pounds of TNT, are caused by meteoroids smashing into the Moon's surface.

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