We'll Just Make Our Own Crater

You may remember a couple months ago when I rambled about how we no longer go to the moon. Turns out that it's because we discovered that it's easier to just shoot missiles at it. It saves us all the time and money (this mission only cost $79 million) of having to train people to go and, as an added bonus, it makes a cool explosion. Plus, we just seem to have all these extra missiles lying around. Apparently, NASA has determined that there could be ice under the surface of the moon, which would prove that there is water on the moon. I guess they figured that the best way to find out if something is under the surface is to just make a hole and expose the lower layers for our eyes to see. Wouldn't have thought that you needed a degree from MIT or access to missiles to know that but, whatever. I'm just happy they thought it through enough to know to fire into an already-existing crater, thereby going even farther under the surface.

You could say that firing missiles at the moon is a bad idea, but it's not like these are nuclear missiles. As far as we know there's nothing up there to destroy (hey, this could bring moon aliens out of hiding!), and it's not like you're really going to notice another crater on the moon. Lastly, it's our moon anyways, rest of Earth, we'll fire missiles at it if we want. What we're going to do if we find water has yet to be seen, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Maybe we'll turn that water into fuel, maybe we can use it to help sustain a base on the moon or maybe we can just bring it home and charge a shitload of money so you can buy moon water at the science museum (hey, every little bit helps in this economy). The point is we're trying, which is at least a step in the right direction.

-I'm almost ashamed to admit this, but I watched the premiere game of the UFL last night. First off, I'm not sure who assigned the team colors, but it seems like the four teams all have to share from the same stock: white, gray, black, teal and neon green. Every uniform is the exact same style and features some variation of those 5 colors - they must have gotten a deal. As for the quality of the game itself, it falls somewhere around the 3rd game of the NFL preseason (and the starting line-ups are full of guys that would get lots of playing time in an NFL preseason game). Everyone wants to put up good numbers, but mostly it seems like they just don't want to get hurt, in case a 'real' team is watching and needs a replacement player. Unless they align with the NFL as some sort of feeder/minor league system then I see no way they survive beyond 2 seasons. Large sections of the stadium were vacant and last night's game won't exactly inspire anyone to put in effort to make the next game.