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NASA failed to find water on Moon's surface

By: MrFkas send a private message
Washougal : WA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • People watch a live video of the twin impacts of the LCROSS and its rocket's upper stage as they impact the moon at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field
    People watch a live video of the twin impacts of the LCROSS and its ...
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  • Father and son watch a live video of the twin impacts of the LCROSS and its rocket's upper stage as they impact the moon at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field
    Father and son watch a live video of the twin impacts of the LCROSS ...
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  • Girls watch a live video of the twin impacts of LCROSS and its rocket's upper stage as they impact the moon at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field
    Girls watch a live video of the twin impacts of LCROSS and its rocket'...
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  • A group of young adults watch a live video of the twin impacts of the LCROSS and its rocket's upper stage as they impact the moon at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field
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  • People watch a live video of scientists congratulating each other in the Science Operation Center after the twin impacts of the LCROSS and its rocket's upper stage as they impact the moon at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field
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  • Artist's illustration of NASA's LCROSS spacecraft crashes into moon
    Artist's illustration of NASA's LCROSS spacecraft crashes into moon
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  • Artist's illustration of NASA's LCROSS spacecraft on course to crash into Moon
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People watch a live video of the twin impacts of the LCROSS and its ...

The recent attempt from NASA to bomb moon surface in search of water has failed to achieve success as the dust appeared with the blow of rocket did not carry possible water vapors.

After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but dazzled. Photos and video of the impact showed little more than a fuzzy white flash.

In social media and live television coverage, many people were disappointed at the lack of spectacle. One person even joked that someone hit the pause button in mission control.

Yet scientists involved in the project were downright gleeful. Sure, there were no immediate pictures of spewing plumes of lunar dust that could contain water, but, they say, there was something more important: chemical signatures in light waves.

That's the real bonanza, not pictures of geyser-like eruptions of debris, the scientists said.

The mission was executed for “a scientific purpose, not to put on a fireworks display for the public,'' said space consultant Alan Stern, a former NASA associate administrator for science.

Scientists said the public expected too much. The public groused as if NASA delivered too little. The divide was as big as a crater.

“We've been brainwashed by Hollywood to expect the money shot, like 'Deep Impact' or when Bruce Willis saves us from a comet,’ said physicist and television host Michio Kaku, who was not part of the mission. “Science is not done that way.'

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  • News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 month ago
    After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but dazzled. Photos and video of the impact showed little more than a fuzzy white flash. In social...
  • News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 month ago
    Instruments confirm that a large empty rocket hull barreled into the moon at 7:31 a.m., followed four minutes later by a probe with cameras taking pictures of the first crash. But the big live public splash people anticipated didn't quite happen.
  • News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 month ago
    And the public definitely didn’t get the live explosive views they expected. Screens showed fuzz and no immediate pictures of the crash or the six-mile plume of lunar dust that the mission was supposed to kick up for scientists to study...That may...
  • News Source: B92 | about 1 month ago
    The collision into a crater on the south pole of the moon was part of a search for water or ice under the lunar surface. A probe that takes photographs followed close behind, crashing four minutes later...Scientists wanted to examine the huge plume...
  • News Source: Denver Post | about 1 month ago
    Photos and video of the impact showed little more than a fuzzy white flash...One person joked that someone hit the pause button in Mission Control. Yet scientists involved in the project were downright gleeful. There were no pictures of spewing...
  • News Source: Star Tribune | about 1 month ago
    As science, however, it might still qualify for blockbuster status. Friday morning's mission sent a rocket booster crashing into a shadowy crater at the moon's south pole. Another spacecraft followed closely behind, taking scientific readings and...
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Posted By karoucha karoucha | about 1 month ago
i dont believe that but good subject continued to that thx
Posted By Vinnymac11 Vinnymac11 | about 1 month ago
Its to bad they didnt find anything.
Posted By ladyjtalks ladyjtalks | about 1 month ago
What I don't understand is why just the marvel of being able to watch this completion of the journey and like I marveled at realtime pictures of such clarity that we had to fake on the first landing. This was real time. What it took to get there, the skill and technology that will be used there. Who cares if there really isn't water left it's one step more in a frontier that may someday be a stepping stone to new worlds. I'm glad that everything was still able to work and send the information back after the impact. They have a right to gleeful and proud. Jacki
Posted By Jroow Jroow | about 1 month ago
Oh well, better luck next time.
Posted By elmiko elmiko | about 1 month ago
lol, all that work for nothing. there was enormous doubts anyway. theres always Mars.
Posted By Alleykat9 Alleykat9 | about 1 month ago
Darnit! I was hoping we could one day colonize the moon without bringing constant water.
Posted By mlv777 mlv777 | about 1 month ago
yeah id have to agree Hollywood has brain washed me i am not satisfied unless it looks amazing but i still can appreciate the relevance of whats being done
Posted By SharonPrimack SharonPrimack | about 1 month ago
What will Nasa think of next.
Posted By slicing123 slicing123 | about 1 month ago
Trying to find puddles on the moon? Is this where our tax money is going?
Posted By TheGoldenKnight TheGoldenKnight | about 1 month ago
Ah well.
Posted By Raiders92 Raiders92 | about 1 month ago
Guess so
Posted By Raiders92 Raiders92 | about 1 month ago
Bitch
Posted By Hawk191 Hawk191 | about 1 month ago
Well this was a big waste of money.
Posted By AiKitsz AiKitsz | about 1 month ago
Oh well.
Posted By meowmix22 meowmix22 | about 1 month ago
They have not failed yet. They never expected to see water there or directly detect it right away.
Posted By spike-breaker08 spike-breaker08 | about 1 month ago
they will never ever find water there..it's a dead planet..
Posted By wasem wasem | 7 days ago
thx for sharing this
Posted By wasem wasem | 7 days ago
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Posted By wasem wasem | 7 days ago
keep up the good work. wasem_fido@hotmail.com
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