Saturday, October 17, 2009

LCROSS Un-fizzled?

A week ago Friday, NASA's spent LCROSS space vessel was deliberately crashed on the moon. It was a clever experiment. But it seemed to have,er, flopped. Now NASA says they have pictures. Good write up of the whole experiment by Maggie McKee at New Scientist.

UPDATE: Un-fizzled indeed. From PhysOrg:
NASA’s Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was a smashing success, returning tantalizing data about the Centaur impact before the spacecraft itself impacted the surface of the moon. "We are blown away by the data returned."

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