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BROOK · 06-18-2009, 05:41 PM

NASA To Fire a Rocket Into the Moon: Follow it on Twitter and Facebook

June 18th, 2009 | by Stan Schroeder

Here is the mission countdown direct from NASA

http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/

NASA has always done cool things, but its latest mission is really a sci-fi geek’s dream come true, as it includes flying a rocket into the moon, triggering a huge explosion.
The purpose of the mission is to discover whether there’s frozen water in the craters near the moon’s south pole. If water is indeed found, it could have very important implications for further human missions on the moon, as a potential source for oxygen (you know why we need that) and hydrogen (for rocket fuel).

You can read about the mission in detail here, here, and here, but here’s a very short version: LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) will send the Centaur rocket which helped

http://mashable.com/2009/06/18/nasa-...tter-facebook/

What do you think they're really up to? Water on the MOON??? Looks like their ready to launch in about 3 hours 14 minutes from this post.

06-18-2009, 05:41 PM	#30
BROOK Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,117	Re: Everything Moon NASA To Fire a Rocket Into the Moon: Follow it on Twitter and Facebook June 18th, 2009 \| by Stan Schroeder *Here is the mission countdown direct from NASA* http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/ NASA has always done cool things, but its latest mission is really a sci-fi geek’s dream come true, as it includes flying a rocket into the moon, triggering a huge explosion. The purpose of the mission is to discover whether there’s frozen water in the craters near the moon’s south pole. If water is indeed found, it could have very important implications for further human missions on the moon, as a potential source for oxygen (you know why we need that) and hydrogen (for rocket fuel). You can read about the mission in detail here, here, and here, but here’s a very short version: LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) will send the Centaur rocket which helped http://mashable.com/2009/06/18/nasa-...tter-facebook/ *What do you think they're really up to? Water on the MOON??? Looks like their ready to launch in about 3 hours 14 minutes from this post.* Last edited by BROOK; 06-18-2009 at 05:57 PM.