wrote:
No its really not of any signifigant size and is gone when the LM is
2-3 feet (or so)above the descent stage. It happens so fast and so
soon after sep there is really no background to judge
against..........Doc


If you could see that against the sunlit Lunar surface via a Earth-bound
telescope from the Vatican Observatory (it does actually have one;
Galileo's revenge: http://clavius.as.arizona.edu/vo/R1024/History_p1.html )
Then you could see these critters also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax
Things with bat wings will need Baptism and a lot of decades of the
Rosary at the very least...I think a Lunar exorcism might be needed
here, and boy, I'd love to see the Pope get together the whole College
of Cardinals and Holy Inquisition to perform a exorcism on a entire
planetary body at once! They're going to need around ten thousand
candles, all of the Gregorian Chanters in Ireland, and a swimming pool's
worth of Holy Water to pull that stunt off. :-)
Would make a great DVD though. I say we get Quentin Tarantino to write
the script for the whole operation.
"Expellium Satanus et Lunas."
"Ex...pell...ium...Sa...tan...us...et...Lun... as."
"Expellium Satanus et homo Lunas."
"Ex...pell...ium...Sa...tan...us...et...homo...Lun ...as."
"Consicratium Lunas per Jesu Christi."
"Con...si...crat...ium...Lun...as...per...Je...su. ..Chris...ti."
"Consicratium homo Lunas per Jesu Christi."
"Con...si...crat...ium...ho...mo...Lun...as...per. ..Je...su...Chris...ti."
"Non interferus protestantus per Lunas."
"Non...inter...fer...us...prot...est...ant...us... per...Lun...as."
"In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Invisible Bitch, I declare
the Moon is free!"
"A....men." :-)

Pat