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Loading ...Bombing the moon
NASA is planning a dramatic $79 million collision mission very soon. The LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observing and Sensing Satellite) mission will send a missile to the moon on Friday, which will travel at twice the speed of a bullet and blast a hole near the moon’s south pole, on a crater called Cabeus, reports The Huffington Post.
The violence is being inflicted on the moon to find water, as, according to NASA, the crater could contain billions of tons of trapped ice. Scientists hope that finding natural resources like water on the moon will help increase lunar explorations.
Meanwhile, the impact of the rocket is expected to be so powerful that Earthlings with telescopes 10-to-12 inches and larger can witness the carnage directly. The event will also be forecast live on NASA TV.
If indeed the mission does find tons of water on the moon, it will probably open several new possibilities; tourism, investments, business and so on. Do you think NASA’s operation will be successful?
What would you sacrifice for a smaller waistline? According to reports, a “slimming” tea on sale in the UAE poses serious health risks.
Hygiene standards at UAE restaurants are in the news again – even those workers who have undergone training have failed the test. But do these reports make you less likely to eat out?
The sheer scale of the Afghanistan leaks are stunning. But is this a victory for the public’s right to know, or a betrayal of the soldiers on the front line?
You can promote it all you want, Cruise and Diaz, but if the product’s no good, people won’t buy. What’s more, they’ll hate you for trying.
Scrub that mission.
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