[ mmix @ 06.10.2009. 22:58 ] @
Projekat LCROSS, NASA ce bukvalno bombardovati mesec balistickim projektilom da bi potencijalnu vodu(led) izbacila iz tla i tako dokazala ili opovrgla postojanje leda na mesecu.

Dogadjaj ce navodno trajati sekund dva i moci ce da se vidi kroz amaterske teleskope. Ima i web strana sa informacijama i verovatno ce biti i neki countdown. Jedino ne znam dal je nama mesec u odgovarajucoj poziciji tada.

http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/observation.htm

[ mmix @ 08.10.2009. 10:38 ] @
Citat:
LCROSS Lunar Impact
7:31 a.m. EDT/4:31 a.m. PDT
Friday Oct. 9

A live NASA TV Broadcast is planned for the LCROSS impacts starting at 6:15 a.m. EDT/3:15 a.m. PDT, Oct. 9, on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/ntv.

The 1.5 hour broadcast includes:

* Live footage from spacecraft camera
* Real-time telemetry based animation
* Views of LCROSS Mission and Science Operations
* Broadcast commentary with expert guests
* Prepared video segments
* Views of the public impact viewing event at NASA Ames
* Possible live footage from the University of Hawaii, 88-inch telescope on Mauna Kea.

The live LCROSS Post-Impact News Conference will be 10 a.m. EDT/7 a.m. PDT on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/ntv.


broadcast pocinje u 00:15 po nasem vremenu u subotu ujutro.
[ AMD guy @ 02.12.2009. 22:15 ] @
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pa...main/prelim_water_results.html

Citat:
Mission Update

LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon

The argument that the moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds water.

Secrets the moon has been holding, for perhaps billions of years, are now being revealed to the delight of scientists and space enthusiasts alike.

NASA today opened a new chapter in our understanding of the moon. Preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009 impacts into the permanently shadowed region of Cabeus cater near the moon’s south pole.

The impact created by the LCROSS Centaur upper stage rocket created a two-part plume of material from the bottom of the crater. The first part was a high angle plume of vapor and fine dust and the second a lower angle ejecta curtain of heavier material. This material has not seen sunlight in billions of years...


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