by Andy Smith | 10-08-09
On Friday morning October 9 at 4:31:19 a.m. PDT, NASA plans to have two
spacecraft crash into the lunar surface to dig up some moon dust and
search for water.
As it races toward the moon, the Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing
Satellite (LCROSS) will launch the still-attached upper stage of the
Atlas V Centaur rocket to strike the moon first and create a plume of
debris that LCROSS will analyze for about four minutes before it gets
cratered and creates its own plume. The greatest hope is that scientists
will discover water as they search the debris from both impacts.
The crash is not expected to be seen from Earth by the naked eye or
binoculars, but is expected to be visible with Earth- and space-based
telescopes 10-to-12 inches and larger.
Credit: NASA
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