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NASA named this "moon bombing"event the LCROSS mission. It involves an un-manned rocket that will be followed by a separate satellite. LCROSS and its Centaur rocket stage hit near the lunar south pole in a search for water ice. The satellite will transmit live TV images and scientific data back to Earth.
NASA will have their Post Impact New Conference today at 10 am EDT and it will likely only be preliminary information that has been received via the satellite.
The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission seeks a definitive answer to the question of lunar water. According to the NASA site The main science objectives for the LCROSS mission are to:
1) Confirm the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed region on the moon.
2) Identify the cause of the hydrogen signatures detected at the lunar poles.
3) Determine the amount of water, if present, in the lunar regolith or soil.
4) Determine the composition of the regolith in one of the moon's permanently shadowed crater.
The NASA.gov website has a wealth of information on today's moon bombing or moon crash, as it has been called in the media. Videos on the LCROSS mission as well as the upcoming live conference can be viewed on NASA TV on the NASA.gov site.
Although some are questioning the expense of the moon crash mission by NASA, many scientist say that the billions of dollars being spent are worth the questions that will be hopefully answered about the search for water on the moon.
Cheryl Phillips
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Posted October 9th, 2009 by Cheryl Phillips
