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Wait, We Just Bombed the Moon?
Tucson :: AZ :: USA | about 1 month ago
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on October 9, 2009. Doesn't anyone else in the universe get a say in this? Share and save this post: AlterNet Social Networks: So, Obama wins the Nobel Prize for peace, just as we go ahead and bomb the moon.
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Scientific American: Moon smash gives off flash
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility However, mission scientists said they did spy a thermal flash and spotted a crater, perhaps 20 metres wide, created by the impact. The mission consisted of two parts: the empty 2,300-kilogram upper stage of an Atlas V Centaur rocket and a 'shepherding...
Tags: Lunar Crater Observation, Moon
Nasa Moon bombing: LCROSS mission crashes into Moon
The Nasa LCROSS mission to discover how much water is on the Moon has crashed into the surface of the satellite but left millions who watched the expected spectacle live disappointed. A plume of dust and rock that was predicted to reach up to six...
After moon bombing, search for water begins
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Now it’s time to sift through the data to see if water turns up. That’s the stage that scientists find themselves in after what they say was a successful mission aimed at seeing whether deep, frigid polar craters hold a precious resource – something that...
Tags: Moon, moon, south pole, spacecraft crashing, NASA
A Collision Course to Test for Water on the Moon
Astronomical eyes will be focused on one crater at the bottom of the Moon on Friday morning for a cosmic bang-up. At 4:31 a.m. Pacific time, one piece of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite — LCROSS, for short — will...
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Tiny Moon feeds largest ring around saturn
PARIS: Anew mega ring has discovered around Saturn. Scientist believe that its genesis is a small moon of a distant giant planet. Phoebe, a Saturnian satellite measuring only 214 kilometres (133 miles) across, probably provides the record-breaking...
NASA spacecraft bombs moon in search of water
Mumbai :: India | about 1 month ago
Credibility South Pole of the Moon on Friday in the hope of discovering water on the lunar surface...That satellite will soon transmit live TV images and scientific data back to Earth. The rocket slammed into a crater of the moon at 7:30 a.m. (EST). Scientists are...
Tags: moon, south pole, NASA LCROSS, cabeus crater, Nasa
NASA Rocket Strikes Moon, Visuals Were Anti-Climatic
Mountain View :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Friday morning was a scientific success, according one of the agency's top officials, but it was anticlimactic for those watching the Internet feed or attending a special viewing on the big screen at the Newseum in downtown Washington. The moon didn't...
Tags: lunar impact, NASA Rocket Strikes Moon, moon, Lunar Crater Observation, south pole, crater observations, sensing satellite, crater near
Nasa 'bombs' to reveal water on moon
Scientists will see two spacecraft slamming into the moon's south pole at 5,600mph, kicking up a six-mile-high shower of debris that Nasa hopes will confirm the presence of enough water necessary to supply future visits by astronauts. Amateur astronomers...
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Zadunaisky's math determined Halley's Comet orbit
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | about 1 month ago
Credibility Argentina— Pedro Elias Zadunaisky, an Argentine astronomer and mathematician whose calculations helped determine the orbit of Saturn's outermost moon, Phoebe, as well as Halley's Comet, died Wednesday. Goddard Space Flight Center, calculating the orbits...
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