As you may have picked up from various Twitter chatter or podcast conversations, we’re in the middle of relocating the LoadingReadyRun office (affectionately known as the “Moonbase”) to a larger, better, warmer location. All of the principal moving is done, along with the painting and shelf-hanging and so on, and you’ll be happy to know that a fair amount of the process was documented in moving audio-pictures. We’re super-excited about the Moonbase Mark Three.
But there’s been one small problem…
We’ve lost it.
Oh! No, no no; we aren’t crazy. We haven’t lost our minds. We’ve just lost our Moonbase!
So we need your help to find it back. Scour the internet, peer through telescopes, pore over Captains’ starlogs, do whatever it takes (legally!) to find a map of the moon and locate our moonbase.
Keep in mind that the actual moonbase itself won’t be visible; after all, it’s an underground orbiting moonbase. But you should be able to discover some of the more likely hiding places, in craters, on the sides of mountains, in the middle of dusty plains… We’ll check the most likely locations and reward whoever finds it!
So, in summary, your task is to find a map of the moon somehow (I hear Google Earth has shots of the moon, as a starting point) and mark a location where you think the Moonbase Mk. III might be hidden. Send a screenshot (and, if possible, a link) to me by midnight PST on March 19, 2010. We’ll pick the best location from the submissions.
If you have any questions, leave a comment or send an email.
Good hunting!
Sweet, a new Runners operation, and one I can actually participate in. Good times.
(Although I would have thought the address for the new Moonbase would have been on the lease, or something.)
Comment by Yaxley — March 9, 2010 @ 2:11 pm
Moon Leases are weird that way.
Comment by Tim — March 9, 2010 @ 2:23 pm
I’ve got my eye on you moon..
So we’re supposed to mark where we think the moon base is? Or where we think it should be?
Comment by Prince Poetic — March 9, 2010 @ 3:55 pm
So are the locations meant to be funny, or strategically viable (against aliens)?
Comment by Ollie, Don'tcha Know! — March 9, 2010 @ 4:02 pm
Interpret it however you want.
It’s more on the level of “where you think it should be”, though. We don’t have a specific location in mind.
Comment by Tim — March 9, 2010 @ 4:17 pm
I hear that real estate on the shore of the sea of tranquility is quite good, especially during the summer when the dust reflects the sun just so.
Comment by Dolph Lundgren — March 9, 2010 @ 5:30 pm
Sorry im new to this but where to I e-mail it to?
Comment by Ciaran Maxey — March 9, 2010 @ 6:14 pm
There’s a link in the post. The words “Send a screenshot…” etc. are a link to an email address.
But it’s [email protected].
Comment by Tim — March 9, 2010 @ 6:39 pm
Send it to [email protected]
Comment by Kathleen — March 9, 2010 @ 6:39 pm
Sent my idea in already. I find it to be sufficiently ridiculous.
Comment by DRog — March 9, 2010 @ 10:27 pm
Wait, do you specifically mean Earth’s moon?
Comment by Blackie62 — March 9, 2010 @ 11:04 pm
They “probably” mean Luna, but my sensor readings are detecting likely anomalies further out in the solar system as well.
My major problem is I can’t supply any of my own images, as that’d draw attention from unwanted sources. So, I’m gonna have to trawl through the primitive collections of NASA, JAXA, and FKA for something usable. I swear, rocket delivered optical sensors. Pah!
~Alja~
Comment by Alja-Markir — March 10, 2010 @ 1:54 am
I finally have a use for that globe of the moon I’ve been keeping next to my computer desk! What serendipitous luck!
Comment by Hawkaris — March 10, 2010 @ 5:29 am
OK my pic is a little more practical than comical, LOL?
Comment by Rogcamo — March 10, 2010 @ 7:58 am
Raaawr! I found eet!
Comment by Dudeio — March 10, 2010 @ 1:13 pm
We’re *pretty* sure it’s on Luna. Not 100%, though.
Comment by Tim — March 10, 2010 @ 1:57 pm
New Runners Operation is cool and all, but what does this mean for the Runners site? Since you’re posting Operations on the LRR blog, I mean.
Also, this is the second time you’ve moved. Maybe you should reconsider which of the celestial bodies is best for orbiting underground bunkers?
Comment by Chuckles — March 10, 2010 @ 4:13 pm
So i don’t get it. Did you guys ACTUALLY loose the moonbase?
I’m confused.
Comment by Ben — March 10, 2010 @ 5:17 pm
Working on one as we speak. Are multiple facilities are frowned upon?
Great project! I’m new, and already have something to sink my teeth into!
Comment by Thomas — March 10, 2010 @ 6:05 pm
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/12/29/tech-canadianonmoon-061229.html
‘Canadian could live on moon by 2024’
I love this headline- its ike not not only will a human be on the moon, but a Canadian!
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