LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon

LCROSS

Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite

Mission Update

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.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/prelim_water_results.html

4 Replies to “LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon”

  1. “. 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.”Chuck this is huge!!!!!!!!!!!!thanks for the link,I am so going to dig this one!

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