Pictures captured by an orbiting spacecraft have revealed that the Moon is being heavily eroded. Images of the lunar surface reveal deep cracks and holes that are slowly but surely releasing gas and dust into space.

http://www.nature.com/news/2005/0503...050328-10.html

Pull the other one it has bells on it, after all it is April 1st.

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Apollo: The History and the Hoax
Enter the World of Athran

Check out the acronym for the probe that took the pictures....

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Hmmm, that sounds like it might be a laugh, I didn't actually bother reading it after deciding it it was a lunar hoax. I'll have to go and have a look I guess.

Edited to add: I wonder if it would be too mean to post the link on GLP?

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It must be fun to lead a life completely unburdened by reality. --- JayUtah

You can't reason an irrational person out of an irrational belief. --- Noclevername

Apollo: The History and the Hoax
Enter the World of Athran

Might as well. They'll find it ventually anyway. Might as well have a laugh at their expense.

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Been there, done that.

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Loved the 'Tycho Crater-Heywood Floyd' and 'John Koenig-Moonbase Alpha' tipoffs....

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JayUtah wrote:
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They forgot to mention how the cracks seem to be forming giant letters. C... H... A....

Spoon!

I get this joke 8)

Anyone else a Deflator Mouse fan?

Pete

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There's so much I don't know about astrophysics. I wish I had read that book by that wheelchair guy.