Is the Moon Made of Cheese? Science Fiction



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Welcome to Science Fiction,

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the show where we take the most common myths about science...

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..and send them straight into orbit.

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What's today's question, BUD E?

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Sorry, love. A bit spaced out today, I am.

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HE YAWNS

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Today's question comes from Arnie in Killarney.

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Is the moon made of cheese?

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Oh, there's a bit of a bang off this one already.

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The moon was formed over 4.5 billion years ago,

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when the solar system was only beginning to take shape.

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Tiny particles of food floating around in space

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came together over time to form the planets.

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Chocolate made Mars, cheese made the moon,

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spuds and onion rings made Saturn...

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Professor, I wish you'd stop making up these silly stories!

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Sorry, it just sounded so tasty.

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There are several theories on how the moon actually came to exist.

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Most scientists agree that the moon was created

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when a massive object about the size of Mars

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crashed into the Earth's surface,

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and the resulting cloud of rock and gases

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slowly came together to form the moon.

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But what's up with the cheesy looking surface?

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The huge holes we see on the moon, called craters,

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were created by countless asteroids and comets

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smashing into the moon over millions of years.

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Oh, the poor old craters.

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So there you have it, Arnie.

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The moon in the big tasty, but it definitely isn't made of cheese.

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That's just a load of old science fiction.

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# Fly me to the moon

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# The cheesy moon

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# The squeezy, cheesy, peasy moon... #

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