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 Nov 10 2009, 09:26 PM
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Nov 20 2009, 03:52 PM
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New scientist has confused me. I know I shouldn't put too much faith in what they report these days but they've said:
QUOTE The solar wind is expected to form water in minute amounts, amounting to concentrations of no more than 1 per cent in the lunar soil. LCROSS team members are still analysing the data, but calculations suggest the concentration of water is higher than that. "The data are consistent with a total hydrogen content in the range of several per cent," says Colaprete. This is from their report on the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group meeting, so I was hoping for some interesting tidbits, but I'm just confused! Is the water content several percent, or the hydrogen content? Does anyone know of any other reports from the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group? -------------------- |
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Nov 20 2009, 04:01 PM
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QUOTE (marsbug @ Nov 20 2009, 07:52 AM)  New scientist has confused me. I'll spare you my opinion of the subject publication... I think it's premature to discuss the LCROSS results before a peer-reviewed paper is published. IMHO, the LCROSS team didn't do anyone any favors announcing their preliminary results at a press conference. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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briv1016 NASA Briefs Preliminary Plume Findings from Moon Mission Nov 10 2009, 09:26 PM
stewjack NASA TV Schedule
November 13, Friday
10 a.m. - Co... Nov 12 2009, 05:43 PM Holder of the Two Leashes News conference is ready to start right now.
Edit... Nov 13 2009, 04:59 PM Phil Stooke NIR pic of the crater - nice!
Phil Nov 13 2009, 05:08 PM Holder of the Two Leashes Infrared detection of water vapor and ice, ultravi... Nov 13 2009, 05:21 PM
Juramike QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Nov 13 200... Nov 13 2009, 08:40 PM
Holder of the Two Leashes QUOTE (Juramike @ Nov 13 2009, 02:40 PM) ... Nov 13 2009, 10:01 PM stevesliva QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Nov 13 200... Nov 13 2009, 11:23 PM glennwsmith Cool!!!!!!!!!... Nov 13 2009, 05:45 PM bugs_ Congratulations LCROSS team. Incredible. You guy... Nov 13 2009, 07:10 PM Webscientist Great News from this not so boring moon!
Is t... Nov 13 2009, 07:45 PM remcook Cool!
Did they say why the hydroxyl signal le... Nov 13 2009, 07:52 PM ustrax From the press release: "there are hints of o... Nov 13 2009, 08:45 PM nprev Apparently, there's evidence of at least simpl... Nov 13 2009, 08:47 PM P Hayne QUOTE (remcook @ Nov 13 2009, 11:52 AM) D... Nov 13 2009, 09:06 PM ngunn Before the specific mention of methane as a 'p... Nov 13 2009, 10:23 PM Beauford QUOTE (ngunn @ Nov 13 2009, 04:23 PM) Bef... Nov 13 2009, 10:38 PM SFJCody QUOTE (ngunn @ Nov 13 2009, 10:23 PM) Bef... Nov 13 2009, 10:55 PM Fran Ontanaya They said the plume was magnitude 8 and had a narr... Nov 13 2009, 11:38 PM elakdawalla Re: what else other than water was in the plume: C... Nov 13 2009, 11:46 PM Gsnorgathon Any idea what mass fraction that 100kg represents?... Nov 14 2009, 12:46 AM ngunn QUOTE (Gsnorgathon @ Nov 14 2009, 12:46 A... Nov 14 2009, 09:03 AM nprev Rats. Swear I saw an estimate for the dimensions o... Nov 14 2009, 01:11 AM tanjent Colaprete mentioned that at the time the target wa... Nov 14 2009, 03:07 AM elakdawalla The Centaur crater is 20 or 30 meters in diameter. Nov 14 2009, 03:54 AM nprev Thanks, Emily.
Well, here's my (probably wron... Nov 14 2009, 04:43 AM nprev Actually, thinking about this some more, I don... Nov 14 2009, 09:41 AM Fran Ontanaya It could be from the strength of the spectral sign... Nov 14 2009, 01:02 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (Fran Ontanaya @ Nov 14 2009, 08:02... Nov 14 2009, 05:41 PM Zvezdichko QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Nov 14 2009, 06:41... Nov 14 2009, 06:08 PM P Hayne QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Nov 14 2009, 10:08 AM... Nov 14 2009, 07:44 PM remcook My guess for the additional fitted gases in their ... Nov 14 2009, 05:43 PM nprev Z, the crater diameter is actually 20-30 meters, n... Nov 14 2009, 07:44 PM ngunn Well we've now got three estimates in the same... Nov 14 2009, 08:33 PM Holder of the Two Leashes I really appreciated Colaprete being willing to op... Nov 14 2009, 10:27 PM PFK Just out of interest - what would the total organi... Nov 15 2009, 12:00 AM P Hayne QUOTE (PFK @ Nov 14 2009, 04:00 PM) Just ... Nov 15 2009, 04:44 AM Phil Stooke I've put together a little finder guide to the... Nov 14 2009, 09:01 PM Fran Ontanaya But you are using estimates for pure, solid ice an... Nov 14 2009, 09:52 PM P Hayne QUOTE (Fran Ontanaya @ Nov 14 2009, 01:52... Nov 15 2009, 04:39 AM nprev That's an excellent point. Nov 15 2009, 12:08 AM Phil Stooke I don't know offhand but it's obviously ve... Nov 15 2009, 01:13 AM tanjent Regarding the comparison of water to gold, remembe... Nov 15 2009, 04:41 AM Holder of the Two Leashes As I recall from the blog site (someone correct me... Nov 15 2009, 05:56 AM nprev Did the Centaur actually have hydrazine? The main ... Nov 15 2009, 04:47 AM P Hayne QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 14 2009, 08:47 PM) Did... Nov 15 2009, 04:55 AM Geert Last night we had quite a bit of rain here in the ... Nov 16 2009, 06:26 AM nprev Um...we're sorry? Nov 16 2009, 06:36 AM Stu Better get under cover Geert; there should be a na... Nov 16 2009, 06:41 AM JohnVV QUOTE No kidding, this is the official news bullet... Nov 16 2009, 07:20 AM marsophile One interesting question is: to what degree does t... Nov 16 2009, 06:12 PM Holder of the Two Leashes I don't have the LRO results. This paper, whi... Nov 16 2009, 06:49 PM PFK Just to be clear, when I mentioned the organic con... Nov 16 2009, 10:50 PM nprev Most of the organics on the booster would presumab... Nov 17 2009, 12:35 AM Phil Stooke There is also a lot of doubt about how a manufactu... Nov 17 2009, 01:29 AM Greg Hullender Note that the impact was at only 2.5 kps.
http://... Nov 17 2009, 05:25 AM marsophile QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Nov 20 2009, 09:01 AM... Nov 20 2009, 06:20 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (marsophile @ Nov 20 2009, 10:20 AM... Nov 20 2009, 06:52 PM marsbug I think you're right! Nov 20 2009, 04:11 PM Ron Hobbs I think you all may find the comments of William M... Nov 20 2009, 06:53 PM |
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