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Reader - Hmm. And after
a little dust plume on impact to analyze that kind of data from particulates? I thought that's how the experiment was supposed to flow. That's interesting. Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize announcement also preceded the mission by less than a day. It makes no sense: LCROSS nuke the moon, no dust, mission failure, peace prize, find water anyway.
Now Google's promoting the water. It's a bit mysterious. Oh well.
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Nasa's lunar crash landing fails to raise moon dust
The Guardian, Saturday 10 October 2009
Nasa scientists had anticipated that the impact would throw up a six-mile-high cloud of lunar dust and rock which could be scanned for evidence of frozen water. But after the collision at 12.31pm today, no sign of the plume was spotted, even from the second stage, which crashed nearby four minutes later.
The Nuclear Attack on the Moon and Its Aftermatch – Lion!
The $98 million ‘ nuclear bombing raid’ on the moon was supposed to create a six-mile high cloud of dust that would be visible from small telescopes on the Earth.