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post Oct 9 2009, 02:19 AM
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T minus 9 hrs. 10 min till impact. NASA TV coverage begins @ 1015 GMT (0315 PDT). Link to coverage here.


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post Oct 9 2009, 10:45 AM
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Moon!

Don't know if it was the Moon imaged by the previous flyby or a live downlink. Too noisy here.
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post Oct 9 2009, 10:50 AM
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QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Oct 9 2009, 05:45 AM) *
Don't know if it was the Moon imaged by the previous flyby or a live downlink. Too noisy here.

Sounded live to me. the scientist being interviewed was quite emotional when asked his feeling at the time it was shown. He said he was feeling [many] emotions at the same time.
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- nprev   LCROSS Lunar Impact   Oct 9 2009, 02:19 AM
- - Astro0   Separation image (inset) and interpretation (using...   Oct 9 2009, 03:06 AM
- - Hungry4info   You've had much better luck with simulating it...   Oct 9 2009, 03:11 AM
- - Shaka   O.K. Bend over please. This may sting a little.   Oct 9 2009, 03:19 AM
- - nprev   (Ouch!!!!!!) Astro0, wh...   Oct 9 2009, 04:15 AM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 8 2009, 11:15 PM) ...R...   Oct 9 2009, 07:12 AM
- - Stu   Humph. Stupid Moon. Have to go to work, so I...   Oct 9 2009, 05:51 AM
- - Astro0   nprev... I've got no idea of the FOV for that ...   Oct 9 2009, 06:26 AM
|- - ustrax   Here's the moon as I see it now, ignorant mode...   Oct 9 2009, 07:16 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 9 2009, 12:16 AM) Her...   Oct 9 2009, 07:25 AM
|- - ustrax   Thanks guys!   Oct 9 2009, 08:43 AM
- - Hungry4info   Haha, it's the very southern point in that ima...   Oct 9 2009, 07:22 AM
- - Decepticon   Tee Hee   Oct 9 2009, 08:53 AM
- - Decepticon   Every time I see the impact story on the news, the...   Oct 9 2009, 09:34 AM
|- - ToSeek   QUOTE (Decepticon @ Oct 9 2009, 04:34 AM)...   Oct 9 2009, 11:49 AM
- - Zvezdichko   I can already see that. Bombing the Moon, that...   Oct 9 2009, 09:38 AM
|- - MahFL   Good morning all.   Oct 9 2009, 10:04 AM
- - Zvezdichko   Broadcast starts in a minute: http://www.nasa.gov...   Oct 9 2009, 10:14 AM
|- - MahFL   Can't watch video at work . I'll make do w...   Oct 9 2009, 10:22 AM
- - Zvezdichko   I usually take snapshots, but I'm also at work...   Oct 9 2009, 10:25 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Recent Twitter post: SSC_Final_ME_sph = 310.52235...   Oct 9 2009, 10:26 AM
- - volcanopele   If that's a water molecule is that such a bad ...   Oct 9 2009, 10:30 AM
- - Hungry4info   The target molecule will probably be destroyed. Pe...   Oct 9 2009, 10:37 AM
- - Zvezdichko   Moon! Don't know if it was the Moon image...   Oct 9 2009, 10:45 AM
|- - AndyG   Live - and getting bigger!   Oct 9 2009, 10:49 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Oct 9 2009, 05:45 AM)...   Oct 9 2009, 10:50 AM
- - Zvezdichko   All instruments are operating nominally, that...   Oct 9 2009, 10:48 AM
- - deefatman   I didn't realise Hubble was going to be observ...   Oct 9 2009, 10:50 AM
- - Zvezdichko   Yes, this is the Moon seen by LCROSS in real time...   Oct 9 2009, 10:54 AM
- - volcanopele   Which crater is Cabeus in that screenshot?   Oct 9 2009, 11:00 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 9 2009, 06:00 AM...   Oct 9 2009, 11:09 AM
- - Zvezdichko   RE: LCROSS Lunar Impact   Oct 9 2009, 11:00 AM
- - deefatman   It really reminds you how big the moon is when you...   Oct 9 2009, 11:10 AM
- - elakdawalla   Can anybody spot Cabeus in the LCROSS view? Havin...   Oct 9 2009, 11:11 AM
- - Zvezdichko   Live view from the IR camera!   Oct 9 2009, 11:12 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   YAWN .... I am tired! Going to watch on the l...   Oct 9 2009, 11:13 AM
- - volcanopele   Okay, nevermind, here is what I could put together...   Oct 9 2009, 11:15 AM
- - volcanopele   In the current view on screen now, Cabeus is just ...   Oct 9 2009, 11:16 AM
- - nprev   'Mornin' everyone. Just got the NASA feed ...   Oct 9 2009, 11:17 AM
|- - MahFL   try this link ! http://www.mmto.org/lcross/   Oct 9 2009, 11:18 AM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 9 2009, 04:17 AM) ...   Oct 9 2009, 11:22 AM
- - Juramike   (Are we supposed to eat peanuts now?)   Oct 9 2009, 11:18 AM
- - Zvezdichko   Visible... And IR image...   Oct 9 2009, 11:19 AM
- - mchan   Bit humorous there when they went thru the station...   Oct 9 2009, 11:27 AM
- - deglr6328   (Are we supposed to eat peanuts now?) NO! E...   Oct 9 2009, 11:29 AM
- - Juramike   The image is growing visibly frame by frame. This...   Oct 9 2009, 11:29 AM
- - volcanopele   Thanks for the link, MahFL! Slooh was rained ...   Oct 9 2009, 11:29 AM
- - Zvezdichko   Latest snapshot   Oct 9 2009, 11:29 AM
|- - AndyG   And poor Stu is missing it!   Oct 9 2009, 11:31 AM
- - volcanopele   Impact flash! Woot! EDIT: err. maybe not...   Oct 9 2009, 11:32 AM
- - deglr6328   ehhhhhh, did I miss it? I didn't see a thing o...   Oct 9 2009, 11:39 AM
- - Zvezdichko   This is probably the thermal confirmation, I think   Oct 9 2009, 11:40 AM
- - deefatman   I didn't see anything either   Oct 9 2009, 11:40 AM
- - nprev   I didn't see anything... but the R/T lithobrak...   Oct 9 2009, 11:40 AM
|- - MahFL   I saw NOTHING !!!!, thats my story...   Oct 9 2009, 11:42 AM
- - Hungry4info   I never saw an impact flash (at least one that I r...   Oct 9 2009, 11:41 AM
- - nprev   NASA TV showing the IR now. There's a hotspot,...   Oct 9 2009, 11:42 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   I'm going back to bed. You kids woke me up fo...   Oct 9 2009, 11:44 AM
- - Zvezdichko   Is this the hot spot anyway?   Oct 9 2009, 11:44 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Oct 9 2009, 06:44 AM)...   Oct 9 2009, 11:46 AM
- - deglr6328   I think that's just a sunlit crater rim nprev....   Oct 9 2009, 11:46 AM
- - tanjent   One of the commentators identified that hotspot as...   Oct 9 2009, 11:47 AM
|- - Elias   QUOTE (tanjent @ Oct 9 2009, 01:47 PM) On...   Oct 9 2009, 11:49 AM
- - NGC3314   Some of us were doing an image sequence with a 0.9...   Oct 9 2009, 11:54 AM
- - stewjack   10 a.m. - LCROSS Post-Impact News Conference - AME...   Oct 9 2009, 11:56 AM
- - Doc   I too failed to see anything. You should have hear...   Oct 9 2009, 11:57 AM
- - deglr6328   oh well, that was anticlimactic. As it's going...   Oct 9 2009, 11:59 AM
- - nprev   I'm already dreading the headlines: "NASA...   Oct 9 2009, 12:04 PM
- - Zvezdichko   I'm very sorry you felt disappointed. I can un...   Oct 9 2009, 12:15 PM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Oct 9 2009, 07:15 AM)...   Oct 9 2009, 12:18 PM
- - mchan   from discussion on nasaspaceflight forum -- http:...   Oct 9 2009, 12:24 PM
- - Hungry4info   I recall hearing that science return aside, they w...   Oct 9 2009, 12:25 PM
- - Astro0   From LCROSS shortly after Centaur impact... Last...   Oct 9 2009, 12:29 PM
- - Hungry4info   Oh definitely, absence of the Centaur impact aside...   Oct 9 2009, 12:34 PM
- - nprev   !, mchan! Oh, I'm not disappointed pe...   Oct 9 2009, 12:35 PM
|- - MahFL   I would say it's a safe bet if water is found ...   Oct 9 2009, 12:39 PM
- - Astro0   For anyone interested, there is an archived versio...   Oct 9 2009, 12:40 PM
- - Hungry4info   NASA news conference at 10 AM EDT They've got ...   Oct 9 2009, 12:41 PM
|- - MahFL   Maybe they impacted a lunar bog ?   Oct 9 2009, 12:51 PM
- - Hungry4info   Quote David Morrison, Director of NASA's Lunar...   Oct 9 2009, 12:53 PM
- - climber   May be it was a splash, not a kaboum: this has to ...   Oct 9 2009, 01:00 PM
- - Phil Stooke   http://www.mmto.org/lcross/ Go here for streamimg...   Oct 9 2009, 01:09 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Oct 9 2009, 06:09 AM...   Oct 9 2009, 01:33 PM
|- - MahFL   I was watching MMT and the closeup did seem a bit ...   Oct 9 2009, 01:34 PM
- - Hungry4info   Nothing from Lick http://www.universetoday.com/200...   Oct 9 2009, 01:25 PM
|- - AndyG   QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Oct 9 2009, 02:25 PM...   Oct 9 2009, 01:40 PM
|- - Littlebit   Maybe they missed the target;)   Oct 9 2009, 01:44 PM
- - Juramike   Somewhere way back, someone had posted an animated...   Oct 9 2009, 01:52 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Juramike @ Oct 9 2009, 08:52 AM) ....   Oct 9 2009, 02:39 PM
- - ilbasso   I was somewhat bemused by the confusion over the c...   Oct 9 2009, 01:56 PM
- - Astro0   Going back over the video, there was something in ...   Oct 9 2009, 01:59 PM
- - AndyG   Mmmm ... I've seen spacecraft disappear into c...   Oct 9 2009, 02:03 PM
|- - dilo   Rough animation from the frames of last 2 minutes ...   Oct 9 2009, 02:31 PM
- - elakdawalla   Oh how I wish Ames was as on the ball as JPL is wi...   Oct 9 2009, 02:14 PM
- - Astro0   There was a 'flash' Here's the missi...   Oct 9 2009, 02:21 PM
- - clad   I´ve a comment about the poor media coverage of th...   Oct 9 2009, 02:24 PM
- - Juramike   Interesting comment regarding the integrated spect...   Oct 9 2009, 02:38 PM
- - Doc   Indeed there was a flash. Hardly more than a few p...   Oct 9 2009, 02:44 PM
- - MahFL   Yes but the whole episode was over-hyped. Todays p...   Oct 9 2009, 02:48 PM
- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (MahFL @ Oct 9 2009, 09:48 AM) A pi...   Oct 9 2009, 02:51 PM
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