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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: LCROSS Impact: Are NASA Moon Crashes Worth the Damage?


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In an artist's conception, NASA's LCROSS probe sends its spent Centaur rocket hurtling toward the moon. The resulting crash, which took place October 9, 2009, was intended to kick up a major plume of debris—and hopefully signatures of water ice near the moon's south pole.

LCROSS mission picture courtesy NASA