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LCROSS Lunar Impact

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nprev LCROSS Lunar Impact Oct 9 2009, 02:19 AM

Juramike The difference is between the sudden frisson of an... Oct 9 2009, 02:54 PM

briv1016 Can someone put up a scale bar on the IR images so... Oct 9 2009, 03:58 PM

belleraphon1 So some people are angry because nature did not be... Oct 9 2009, 04:10 PM

djellison QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ Oct 9 2009, 05:10 P... Oct 9 2009, 04:29 PM

elakdawalla We all know what he meant, and he did go on to say... Oct 9 2009, 04:11 PM

bugs_ Shoulda put a bigger "bomb" on it :-) Oct 9 2009, 04:13 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (bugs_ @ Oct 9 2009, 12:13 PM) Shou... Oct 9 2009, 04:15 PM

MahFL A newclear bomb ? Oct 9 2009, 04:22 PM

MahFL I just watched the replay, seems they underestimat... Oct 9 2009, 04:48 PM

MahFL The truth surfaces.... ""There's no... Oct 9 2009, 05:05 PM

PhilCo126 It was a superb opportunity for ground-based obser... Oct 9 2009, 04:29 PM

djellison Emily, as ever, says the right things, in the righ... Oct 9 2009, 04:58 PM

marsophile This is more or less consistent with the result fr... Oct 9 2009, 05:01 PM

DDAVIS I think the press conference was premature, people... Oct 9 2009, 05:35 PM

alan I remember Deep Impact and was expecting something... Oct 9 2009, 05:39 PM

jmknapp If they did enough analysis to determine they got ... Oct 9 2009, 05:57 PM

centsworth_II I was happy with the press conference. I was happ... Oct 9 2009, 06:46 PM

elakdawalla Did anybody happen to get any screen caps from the... Oct 9 2009, 06:58 PM

climber QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Oct 9 2009, 08:58 PM... Oct 9 2009, 07:25 PM

Tman QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Oct 9 2009, 08:58 PM... Oct 9 2009, 07:36 PM

marsophile After all the pre-flight hoopla, the public need t... Oct 9 2009, 07:02 PM

elakdawalla When they say it "was seen," it was just... Oct 9 2009, 07:10 PM

djellison From HardOCP QUOTE "Here’s a little video for... Oct 9 2009, 07:53 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 9 2009, 12:53 PM) ... Oct 9 2009, 08:00 PM

Sunspot Hmmmmm been out all day, just got in and been catc... Oct 9 2009, 07:56 PM

elakdawalla You are the man, Tman! Oct 9 2009, 07:58 PM

ollopa Can we change the thread? It's about the scie... Oct 9 2009, 08:23 PM

djellison QUOTE (ollopa @ Oct 9 2009, 09:23 PM) the... Oct 9 2009, 08:53 PM

ollopa Is this better, Emily? Oct 9 2009, 08:34 PM

jmknapp Given that they saw sodium in the early results, t... Oct 9 2009, 09:24 PM

antipode Surely what might be useful at a press conference ... Oct 9 2009, 10:20 PM

ngunn I'd just like to report that the BBC news cove... Oct 9 2009, 10:31 PM

glennwsmith As someone who has called attention to the LCROSS ... Oct 10 2009, 04:07 AM

tedstryk QUOTE (glennwsmith @ Oct 10 2009, 05:07 A... Oct 11 2009, 12:22 AM

nprev Well...It's definitely far far far too soon to... Oct 10 2009, 04:43 AM

glennwsmith Nprev, Kohoutek may be a better example than you r... Oct 10 2009, 05:03 AM

stevesliva While the fizzle nature of this one is sort on an ... Oct 10 2009, 05:12 AM

Hungry4info I'm pretty sure they didn't know what to e... Oct 10 2009, 05:55 AM

djellison QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Oct 10 2009, 06:55 A... Oct 10 2009, 07:58 AM

nprev Yeah...that really is a million-dollar question. H... Oct 10 2009, 08:10 AM

scalbers QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 10 2009, 08:10 AM) Yea... Oct 10 2009, 03:27 PM

PhilCo126 Although no spectacular impact plume was observed,... Oct 10 2009, 09:35 AM

Fran Ontanaya I didn't expect much. "When you kick th... Oct 10 2009, 10:50 AM

kenny If the rocket stage happened to impact on a surfac... Oct 10 2009, 11:37 AM

Greg Hullender I'd hate it if NASA got so conservative that t... Oct 10 2009, 03:06 PM

Hungry4info If I understood correctly, a sideways hit (as well... Oct 10 2009, 03:43 PM

Paolo QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Oct 10 2009, 05:43 P... Oct 10 2009, 03:58 PM

scalbers I think there are two variables here, one is the t... Oct 10 2009, 04:18 PM

Reed QUOTE (scalbers @ Oct 10 2009, 08:18 AM) ... Oct 10 2009, 11:43 PM

Elias With an impact in such a permanently shadowed regi... Oct 10 2009, 06:52 PM

elakdawalla As (sort of) a member of "the media," I ... Oct 11 2009, 01:37 AM

nprev Seemingly, the PR impact has been greater (if in a... Oct 11 2009, 01:52 AM

Shaka Maybe LCROSS was swallowed up by hundreds of meter... Oct 11 2009, 01:58 AM

MarsIsImportant ...swallowed by snow or some other unexpected surf... Oct 11 2009, 02:38 AM

mcaplinger QUOTE (MarsIsImportant @ Oct 10 2009, 07... Oct 11 2009, 02:59 AM

Shaka But shouldn't there have been "fireworks... Oct 11 2009, 03:17 AM

elakdawalla IIRC the reason the Deep Impact impact was so spec... Oct 11 2009, 03:36 AM

mcaplinger QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Oct 10 2009, 08:36 P... Oct 11 2009, 05:11 AM

Holder of the Two Leashes I hope the Society kept the list. In mid-February... Oct 11 2009, 03:52 AM

nprev That's a pretty good point re excitation of io... Oct 11 2009, 05:37 AM

MarsIsImportant I just thought of something. Some say that there w... Oct 11 2009, 06:44 AM

jmknapp LCROSS could only be considered a failure in the s... Oct 11 2009, 11:09 AM

centsworth_II QUOTE (jmknapp @ Oct 11 2009, 07:09 AM) .... Oct 11 2009, 02:25 PM

Reed QUOTE (jmknapp @ Oct 11 2009, 04:09 AM) R... Oct 11 2009, 09:42 PM

imipak QUOTE (MarsIsImportant @ Oct 11 2009, 07... Oct 11 2009, 11:18 AM

MarsIsImportant I think we should wait for the results before maki... Oct 11 2009, 02:47 PM

JRA I didn't see it mentioned on the last several ... Oct 12 2009, 03:36 AM

glennwsmith Although I must agree with Imipak that a 50m thick... Oct 12 2009, 04:21 AM

Fran Ontanaya QUOTE (glennwsmith @ Oct 12 2009, 06:21 A... Oct 12 2009, 06:25 PM

Mogster I haven't noticed negativity in the UK media, ... Oct 12 2009, 10:41 AM

djellison The live coverage I heard on Radio 5 Live here in ... Oct 12 2009, 10:58 AM

Sunspot They're like that with any thing to do with sc... Oct 12 2009, 11:32 AM

Phil Stooke From the Facebook page: LCROSS Lunar Impactor Mis... Oct 13 2009, 04:32 PM

Ron Hobbs Paul Spudis has an interesting take on the potenti... Oct 13 2009, 05:23 PM

jmknapp QUOTE (Ron Hobbs @ Oct 13 2009, 12:23 PM)... Oct 14 2009, 10:54 AM

djellison He was playing devils advocate. If LCROSS turns o... Oct 14 2009, 11:19 AM

jmknapp QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 14 2009, 06:19 AM)... Oct 14 2009, 12:08 PM

nprev Quick disclaimer: I'm not biased towards a wet... Oct 14 2009, 02:03 PM

Holder of the Two Leashes One thing I'm not understanding here: why is i... Oct 14 2009, 03:33 PM

djellison QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Oct 14 200... Oct 14 2009, 03:55 PM

abalone Entire post of blue-sky engineering culled. See r... Oct 15 2009, 12:16 PM

abalone QUOTE (abalone @ Oct 15 2009, 10:16 PM) E... Oct 15 2009, 12:31 PM

stewjack QUOTE (abalone @ Oct 15 2009, 07:31 AM) I... Oct 15 2009, 01:31 PM

abalone QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 15 2009, 01:55 AM)... Oct 15 2009, 12:49 PM

Holder of the Two Leashes But the oxygen is there, too. And there have been... Oct 14 2009, 04:42 PM

djellison QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Oct 14 200... Oct 14 2009, 05:10 PM

marsophile Some more info here: http://dsc.discovery.com/new... Oct 14 2009, 05:02 PM

Juramike QUOTE (marsophile @ Oct 14 2009, 12:02 PM... Oct 14 2009, 06:37 PM

centsworth_II A lot is being made of wishful thinkers' bias ... Oct 14 2009, 05:23 PM

Spin0 Interesting article about water on the Moon: http:... Oct 15 2009, 06:54 AM

dilo QUOTE (Spin0 @ Oct 15 2009, 06:54 AM) In ... Oct 15 2009, 01:53 PM

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