Nevertheless, there's been a plethora of bizarre, animated, slack-jawed reactions. Space stories are exotic fare in the world of plain-Jane political commentary, resulting in a bemusing mix of childlike wonder, moon-related quips, and paranoia. Here are some of the best, strangest attempts at straining for something to say:
- Alfred Webre, The Examiner. "NASA moon bombing violates space law & may cause conflict with lunar ET/UFO civilizations"
- TygerKrash "I wonder if the you could buy some moon property in the crater from http://www.lunarregistry.com/ then sue NASA?
- Amy Ephron, Huffington Post. "If we'd just send up two guys with a bucket and shovels, we wouldn't have to bomb the moon at all. I'm not a big fan of explosions, anyway. In Iraq or Afghanistan or the South Pole of the Moon. But who does have a territorial prerogative there?"
- Tatiana_Noel "The way we felt when they threw planes at us on 9/11 is how the moon men who drink the moon water feel now"
- Xeni Jardin, Boing Boing. "The idea of blowing bits of the moon up bothers me, because I believe that the moon is not ours to blow up. Blasting synthetic craters on the lunar surface for the purpose of finding water or habitable land -- which we'd have enough of if we weren't screwing things up so furtively, back home -- just disturbs me."
- Tim Cavanaugh, Reason: "Which moon resident are you hoping to see hit by the Centaur upper stage rocket: Martin Landau, Sam Rockwell, William Sylvester, or other?"
- Juli Weiner, Wonkette. "Recall the moon's distinguished history: It has orbited around our planet, America, for the last ~2009 years, when Jesus Christ gifted all the celestial bodies, which he wrapped with the Constitution, to Thomas Jefferson & Ronald Reagan in Center City. Since then it has been everyone's favorite."
- Ward, DefenseTech. "I have dibs on 'Moon Bomb' as the name of my next band."
- BillCorbett "Take THAT, moon! Maybe you'll think twice next time before turning us into werewolves."
- Lew Rockwell: "In 1902, Georges Méliè made this iconic film, drawing on Verne and Wells, about sending a rocket to the moon. Somehow it foreshadows the whole rotten NASA."