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BOL 1080: Blow up the moon
Created: 10/05/2009
Video description: NASA is sending a rocket into the moon Friday morning in order to study the composition of lunar material. But really, you stopped listening when you heard "blow up the moon." And so did Cooley. Which for one small second, made him love space. We also talk about the world's largest phishing sting and Windows 8. Yep. 8.

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Today in Tech History: July 16, 2008

On a mission to the moon.

BOL 1022: Load balancing in space

On the 40th anniversary of the moon landing we sadly report on the state of the broken toilet in the International Space Station. It means astronauts have to split up which toilets they use in order to load balance. No. Seriously. Plus we touch on the Amazon 1984 ironic mistake of the year.

Must-have car: 2007 BMW 335i

Take a ride with Brian Cooley in a new BMW that will blow your hair back.

'The Astronaut Farmer' trailer

An astronaut (Thornton) is forced to retire from NASA to save his family farm. But he can't give up his dream of space travel and tries to build his own rocket, despite the government's threats to stop him.

The Who: "Magic Bus" live

This footage, and many other of the band's classic hits are available on the DVD "The Who: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970". This great footage from 1970 finds Daltrey, Entwistle, Townshend, and Moon in peak form and truly lives up to the band's legendary reputation for mind-blowing live shows.

Total lunar eclipse

The moon turned a shade of red Wednesday evening as the Earth's shadow completely eclipsed it. If you missed it, watch CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi's recap video. Or you can wait until December 10, 2010, the date of the next total lunar eclipse.

Game trailer: Dead Space 2

Dead Space 2 continues the story of Isaac Clarke and his seemingly endless run-ins with the once-human Necromorphs that have taken over a space station on one of Saturn's moons, Titan.

2012 Acura TSX Sport Wagon

Brian Cooley loves tech and he really loves wagons, but is lukewarm about the 2012 Acura TSX Sport Wagon. Take a ride and find out why.

To the moon, Google-style

From NextFest in Los Angeles: CNET's Molly Wood takes a look at how Google has teamed up with the X Prize Foundation, offering $30 million to the first private outfit to send a rover to the moon.

Ep. 1335: Everybody hates Google

Yikes: ABC, CBS, and NBC all block their content from Google TV. New Nook may be first color e-reader. iMovie says no fake Universal trailers for you. And we smash a rocket into the moon. On purpose!

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