NASA TO BOMB MOON TWICE ON OCTOBER 9TH

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Two U.S. spacecraft are set to crash on the moon Friday. On purpose. And we're all invited to watch.

NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite is scheduled to drop its Centaur upper-stage rocket on the lunar surface at 7:31 a.m. ET.

NASA hopes the impact will kick up enough dust to help the LCROSS probe find the presence of water in the moon's soil. Four minutes later, the LCROSS will follow through the debris plume, collecting and relaying data back to Earth before crashing into the Cabeus crater near the moon's south pole.

The LCROSS is carrying spectrometers, near-infrared cameras, a visible camera and a visible radiometer. These instruments will help NASA scientists analyze the plume of dust -- more than 250 metric tons' worth -- for water vapor. The orbiting Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will watch, and photograph, the collisions. And hundreds of telescopes on Earth also will be focused on the two plumes.

NASA is encouraging amateur astronomers to join the watch party.

"We expect the debris plumes to be visible through midsized backyard telescopes -- 10 inches and larger," said Brian Day at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California. Day is an amateur astronomer who is leading education and public outreach for the LCROSS mission.

"The initial explosions will probably be hidden behind crater walls, but the plumes will rise high enough above the crater's rim to be seen from Earth," he said. The Cabeus crater lies in permanent shadow, making observations inside the crater difficult.

The impacts will not be visible to the naked eye or through binoculars. If you don't have a telescope, or you live in areas where daylight will obscure the viewing, NASA TV will broadcast the crashes live. Coverage begins at 6:15 a.m. ET Friday.

The two main components of the LCROSS mission are the shepherding spacecraft and the Centaur upper stage rocket. The spacecraft will guide the rocket to its crash site.

Data from previous space missions have revealed trace amounts of water in lunar soil. The LCROSS mission seeks a definitive answer to the question of how much water is present. NASA has said it believes water on the moon could be a valuable resource in the agency's quest to explore the solar system.

LCROSS launched with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 18. Friday, October 9, at 7:31AM Eastern/4:31AM Pacific

Watch NASA TV, which will broadcast the event.


Comments

Michael Skaggs said…
Oh great what's Occult Nasa's excuse this time? [psst. by the way your headline reads SEPT instead of OCT]

This couldn't be a ploy to excavate deeply with minimal effort could it? Meaning, and I have always had this in the back of my mind since the inception of the "seed vault" in Norway, that the PTBs are trying to build underground living quarters on the Moon before 2012? People still are unclear as to what is really arriving in that timeframe. I am rooting for Cosmic Consciousness, but hey, who knows.

I just doubt they are looking for water this late in the game.

Thanks for the headlines! They are doing this on my friends birthday, will have to let her know.
October 8, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Anonymous said…
SO what would happen to the debris? just floating around in the galaxy? ugh these ppl ALWAYS want to jank up the universe! I have no interest in watching the 'coverage' but who WOULD want to watch that in the first place? Oh I guess it'll look "Cool" on the HDTVs don't you think? lol

"The impacts will not be visible to the naked eye or through binoculars. If you don't have a telescope, or you live in areas where daylight will obscure the viewing, NASA TV will broadcast the crashes live. Coverage begins at 6:15 a.m. ET Friday."

LOL! I know some idiot ISNT going to be up that early with a telescope watching this pos!?! If its THAT interesting; it'll be on NASA's website to watch over and over along with the guys at Youtube.

take care! I like to poke fun at these things because they are rediculous :D
October 8, 2009 at 4:18 PM
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