LRO Press Release and Press Conference |
LRO Press Release and Press Conference |
Sep 18 2009, 01:06 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 17-September 09 Member No.: 4945 |
Here is a video of the press conference today (9/17/2009):
http://www.youtube.com/profile?v=59aaOW33a...=NASAtelevision And here is a link to the press release: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/sep/H...irst_Light.html A link to the fascinating results for the south polar region from the instrument I work on, Diviner: http://www.diviner.ucla.edu/blog/?p=123 Within the permanently shadowed regions near the lunar poles, Diviner has recorded the what could be the coldest natural temperatures in the Solar System. Further mapping by LRO, along with the results from LCROSS, may reveal important volatiles like water and possibly organic molecules are trapped in these frigid confines. PH |
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Sep 24 2009, 01:45 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 17-August 06 Member No.: 1048 |
Thanks for the link, Juramike. I didn't see anything in the space.com article that had anyone saying there was definitive evidence of ice deposits on the moon, unfortunately. I hope something more definitive is revealed in tomorrow's press conference.
The Earth's atmosphere does lose oxygen to space. A Universe Today Article from 2008 talks about it. It seems possible that some of that oxygen could make its way to the moon. I would think that the contribution of Earth oxygen would be pretty small, though. Lunar regolith would probably be a bigger oxygen source than Earth oxygen. Solar wind protons combining with oxygen knocked out of regolith minerals seems to be a likely explanation for a lot of the non-polar detections mentioned in the article. I think the case for a lunar polar lander and even a sample return mission is growing stronger. |
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