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NASA found the ideal spot to crash its moon-impacting probe this October. The mission team announced Friday that Cabeus A will be the target crater for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and its spent Centaur rocket. The permanently-shadowed crater at the lunar south pole was selected for its flat …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Happy

    Chip?

    Of my, those Americans sure have funny names.

    Back to the boffinry now...

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  2. Andus McCoatover

    Hope they put some back-spin on it...

    Or, is the pilot called Rick O'Shea?

    Bouncing Bomb Boo-boo. Ouch! (Tragic, too.)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgHpx5CpVqM

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    Coat

    Wut?

    "getting humans back up to the moon"

    If this is the way they propose to put another man on (in?) the moon, I think volunteers are going to be few and far between.

    Mine's the moon-proof one with the padded gut. Oh, I see I got that already. Just the coat then.

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