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Yeti

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Hbionic

Diomedes

There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists." - Yosemite Park Ranger

mussa

I was watching a GMC truck commercial and it mentions a lunar rover getting stuck in mud on the moon.  So it got me thinking...first off how does the truck(rover) get stuck in mud in zero gravity?  How does it even run on the moon's surface?  I mean if astronauts float along the surface like that and shuttles that weight tons float how does the rover stay connected to the surface? 
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NGM

Haha how could there be mud?  There is no water on the moon either.
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General_Failure

The moon has gravity. It's lower than earth gravity because the moon's tiny in comparison to Oprah.

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Geowhizzer

Quote from: mussa on March 12, 2005, 03:20:56 PM
I was watching a GMC truck commercial and it mentions a lunar rover getting stuck in mud on the moon.  So it got me thinking...first off how does the truck(rover) get stuck in mud in zero gravity?  How does it even run on the moon's surface?  I mean if astronauts float along the surface like that and shuttles that weight tons float how does the rover stay connected to the surface? 

1.  The moon has gravity.  It's gravitational force is approximately 1/6 that of Earths.  For example:  I weight approximately 240 pounds on Earth.  At the moon, I would measure at 40 pounds.

2.  Not sure completely, but I do not believe that the moon has been found to have water.  I know that scientists believe there may be some on Mars, but not on that moon, from what I can remember.

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General_Failure

Quote from: geowhizzer on March 12, 2005, 03:48:49 PM
2. Not sure completely, but I do not believe that the moon has been found to have water. I know that scientists believe there may be some on Mars, but not on that moon, from what I can remember.

The moon buggy probably sprung a leak.

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mussa

Oh ok, so they prob made the moon bugey real heavy :-\
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QB Eagles

Something tells me a GMC truck commercial is not a very authoritative source about the Apollo program.

mussa

Quote from: QB Eagles on March 13, 2005, 10:32:05 AM
Something tells me a GMC truck commercial is not a very authoritative source about the Apollo program.

The best damn trucks out there, I'll tell you that much. 
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Yeti

Here is a dumb question.  What the hell are we doing on a message board on a beautiful Sunday afternoon?
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Hbionic

General_Failure

We don't like the looks of those teenagers.

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Wingspan

i thought of this question yesterday. when i wasnt sitting on a messageboard on a nice sunday afternoon. (i was playing resident evil 4) ;)

anyway...

how is it that Magic Johnson is still alive?
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MURP

because he has the cash to pay for the drug cocktails that keep him alive.