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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-21-09 11:31 AM
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Moon Probe's Final Images Before Crash
Farewell, Kaguya! An amazing series of images show the final moments before Japan's Kaguya probe slammed into the moon as planned June 11, 2009, its mission ending with one last flourish designed to allow scientists on Earth to observe the lunar material kicked up by the crash. Here are its final, somewhat somber images, released today by JAXA, the Japanese space agency.



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http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/album.php?gid=1128
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Merlot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-21-09 11:41 AM
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1. Someday the nice, quiet, emotional moon is going to start wondering
why we keep throwing things at it. It might get angry and strike back. Mess up or tides, or stay full to bring out all the lunatics and werewolves.
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-21-09 01:15 PM
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2. I didn't realize there were desert areas in Japan.
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