
Edwin
Source: www.skyandtelescope.com
It would be fair to say that the crashy culmination of NASA's LCROSS mission on October 9th was a technical success but a public-relations fizzle.

Troy Krieger
Quote from the Nasa Site: ""We are blown away by the data returned," said Anthony Colaprete,
LCROSS principal investigator and project scientist. "The team is
working hard on the analysis and the data appear to be of very high
quality.”
The photos published on the NASA site - Really? That's high quality data?
I'm not going... off the deep end and suggesting that the mission was looking for alien ruins, but it's as obvious as the nose on my face something is being covered up, even if it's just a mission failure. Reportedly, even Hubble couldn't see the plume. It took an entire week for NASA to publish the awful photos that it did put up. Now, silence. Something was either found, or horribly miscalculated. I noticed. The American People noticed. Please tell us what really happened, even if it was a mistake of some sort.Read More
LCROSS principal investigator and project scientist. "The team is
working hard on the analysis and the data appear to be of very high
quality.”
The photos published on the NASA site - Really? That's high quality data?
I'm not going... off the deep end and suggesting that the mission was looking for alien ruins, but it's as obvious as the nose on my face something is being covered up, even if it's just a mission failure. Reportedly, even Hubble couldn't see the plume. It took an entire week for NASA to publish the awful photos that it did put up. Now, silence. Something was either found, or horribly miscalculated. I noticed. The American People noticed. Please tell us what really happened, even if it was a mistake of some sort.Read More

Damon Packard
you've read the sky & telescope report, now read what REALLY happened with the impactor mission...
http://www.enterprisemission.com/Smoking Gun2.htm
Source: www.enterprisemission.com
For perhaps only the second time in its history (the first was Deep Impact, but that was MUCH further away ...), the Space Agency was publicly inviting "ordinary people" -- from every class, ...

Brian Davis
Interesting tidbit. More LCROSS data will probably come during LEAG (16-19 Nov), but according to:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/6884 1092.html
there's some interesting tidbits. First, the LRO spectrometers did detect some things in the UV... but not water, nor isolated hydrogen or oxygen atoms (both are good UV emi...tters). Instead, preliminary analysis suggests iron and mercury as signatures in the data... the mercury quite possibly from exospheric mercury that has "frozen out" in the deep shadowed craters. Interesting... and it will be even more interesting to see what's released at LEAG.
At least some people seem to have a suggestion as to why the plume was not more massive as well; see the article in question, but it appears from the LCROSS folks that the plume was roughly the size and height expected, just about 1/10th the predicted mass. Very interesting.Read More
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/6884
there's some interesting tidbits. First, the LRO spectrometers did detect some things in the UV... but not water, nor isolated hydrogen or oxygen atoms (both are good UV emi...tters). Instead, preliminary analysis suggests iron and mercury as signatures in the data... the mercury quite possibly from exospheric mercury that has "frozen out" in the deep shadowed craters. Interesting... and it will be even more interesting to see what's released at LEAG.
At least some people seem to have a suggestion as to why the plume was not more massive as well; see the article in question, but it appears from the LCROSS folks that the plume was roughly the size and height expected, just about 1/10th the predicted mass. Very interesting.Read More
Source: www.skyandtelescope.com
It would be fair to say that the crashy culmination of NASA's LCROSS mission on October 9th was a technical success but a public-relations fizzle.

Javier Lerones Waiting patiently...

Brian
i would like to know .even if they prove there is water, the water they find
would be frozen to -280 deg. (f),would it be safe anyway?i know it is all particles and molecules,but is water ...water?our rules may not apply when you are in that type of enviornment. let alone the over 500 deg.temp. swing.not my kind of life.

Savannah Cruz
Ohkkayy ... I have a question .. If everyone is saying that "the world is gonna end in 2012" then what is the government preparing to do to save us from dieing because I dont want to be 14 years old and going to die. Do they have any concern for people? If they build that thing that we have to live in on those commerci...als then will there be enough space for everyone? I dont get how this whole thing is gonna work out .. I am scared and confused . someone answer the question .Read More

LCROSS Lunar Impactor Mission
For those of you who missed the SETI talk last Wed by Tony, Jen & Diane about Oct 9th. You can see it on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39kwTtI6c gU
Source: www.youtube.com
Special Panel Presentation and Discussion with Tony Colaprete, Jennifer Heldmann and Diane Wooden.

Evetovics Good luck NASA..

Abhishek Mishra it is superb

Missy Califano Kutos LCross. God Speed.

LCROSS Lunar Impactor Mission
Early processed results from the LCROSS shepherding spacecraft's instruments are summarized at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS /main/LCROSS_impact.html and http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS /main/LCROSS_impact_images.html.
The science team is now preparing to present more at the Lunar Exploration Analysis ...Group (LEAG) meeting to be held in Houston, TX, Nov 15-19, 2009 and submit results for peer review.
Thanks for your continued interest in this unique mission. -LCROSS Facebook Team.Read More
The science team is now preparing to present more at the Lunar Exploration Analysis ...Group (LEAG) meeting to be held in Houston, TX, Nov 15-19, 2009 and submit results for peer review.
Thanks for your continued interest in this unique mission. -LCROSS Facebook Team.Read More
Source: www.nasa.gov

Gabriel Rengifo
Official disclosure of extraterrestrial life is imminent...read this inf. http://www.examiner.com/x-2383-Honolulu- Exopolitics-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Officia l-disclosure-of-extraterrestrial-life-is -imminent
Source: www.examiner.com
An official announcement by the Obama administration disclosing the reality of extraterrestrial life is imminent. For several months, senior administration officials have been quietly deliberating behind closed doors how much to disclose to the world about extraterrestrial life. ...

LCROSS Lunar Impactor Mission
New post on the LCROSS mission site about the partners who helped make the mission a success: Northrop Grumman, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, the Indian Space Research and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS /main/partnerships.html
Source: www.nasa.gov
The success of the LCROSS mission is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the men and women of the LCROSS team.





















