NASA Briefs Preliminary Plume Findings from Moon Mission |
NASA Briefs Preliminary Plume Findings from Moon Mission |
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Note that the impact was at only 2.5 kps.
http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/rationale.htm And it was not expected to vaporize more than 10% of the ice. Instead, they were counting on the Sun to do that. --Greg |
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