nasa to crash 2 space vehicles into south pole of moon

nasa to crash 2 space vehicles into south pole of moon

i don't know how to post links, but i read the article...they'll be looking for frozen water at the south pole & they've already done this...i didn't want anyone to miss this, so i'm doing this the only way i know how

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why would we do this?


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As for the link, the link is here: www.space.com...

NASA's next mission to Moon will not merely orbit the gray satellite, but crash two vehicles into its South Pole to hunt for water ice, the space agency said Monday.

In addition to mapping the Moon to support future astronaut missions, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spaceflight will also aim a spent fuel stage and impactor probe at a southern crater rich in hydrogen and, possibly, ice.

"I think aggressively touching the Moon is an understatement," said Scott Horowitz, NASA's associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, in a Monday press conference. "What this mission buys is an early attempt to know what some of the resources we're going to have...we know for sure that for human exploration to succeed we're going to have to essentially live off the land."

Project Lucifer, anyone?

Are they making test runs of crashing satellites in to Saturn?

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This idea seems rather unscientific, surely there is a more delicate means by which water might be located, or are they trying to provoke somebody?
After all, they could damage the buildings in that area, then what? sounds risky to me.
Regards,
Horsegiver.

could this "experiment" really be a coverup to destroy any moonbase that may be there before it gets discovered by other countries headed up there?

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Thanks for the external link to "The Lucifer Project", Novus.

I see myself doing some more reading, lol!

I wonder how Mr.Lear's moon men will fancy this
And, a second line- For that quality goodness.

No, this isn't a test of crashing satellites into Saturn. First, crashing a satellite into a moon or planet is not that hard. You have gravity doing most of the work. Second, Saturn and the Moon are very dissimilar, and the goals of each mission is dissimilar.

By crashing something into the polar area, dust-like debris is kicked up and thrown out into space. By observing how light interacts with the dust, you can determine the contents of the dust. Specifically, they are looking for water. Finding a source of water is an important part of the Project Constellation mandate for establishing a lunar outpost. Water is most likely to be found at the poles because there are areas there where the sunlight never hits the surface. Water ice might be on or near the surface there because it has never been exposed to the Sun and evaporated away.

Edit: And this is hardly the first time this has been done. Many objects have been intentionally slammed into the lunar surface.

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So it's been done many times before, yet they feel the need to do this now, as we're nearing the time frame that, if true, Project Lucifer will occur?

Why now? Is there some new data that suggests there may be water there? Have they not ever looked at this spot for water before? I highly doubt that.

Not everything is a conspiracy, but not everything can be taken at face value either.

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Why do it now? Because they have data from Clementine showing hydrogen-rich areas at the poles. I'm sure the NASA engineers working on this also don't consult conspiracy-theory boards to see when the latest "Project X" is supposedly scheduled for so they don't do anything around the same time.

This is legitimate, important science.

Originally posted by NovusOrdoMundi
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So it's been done many times before, yet they feel the need to do this now, as we're nearing the time frame that, if true, Project Lucifer will occur?

Why now? Is there some new data that suggests there may be water there? Have they not ever looked at this spot for water before? I highly doubt that.

Not everything is a conspiracy, but not everything can be taken at face value either.

You do realize Jupiter simply doesn't have the mass to ignite, right?
You can't just ignite it and expect it to act like a star- It won't happen.
Also, I'm almost entirely positive six or seven people on these boards can show you mathematics to prove it- And there is likely eight or nine threads to show the impossibility of "Project Lucifer" working.

It's nothing new; during the Apollo program, the S-IVB upper stages from the Saturn V boosters were crashed into the moon for seismic studies and whatnot. These stages were even bigger than the Centaur that's going to hit the moon this year.

The important question here is "why not?" The only two options after doing a launch is to let the booster drift off into solar orbit, or have it do useful science and hit the moon. There no real extra cost involved. I mean, in this case there is, because a second satellite will study the impact of the stage, but you know what I mean.

And if you believe any of that Lucifer stuff... I feel bad for you. That's all I'm going to say.

Hmm interesting post emanresui No i don't think it would be to destroy a moon base. How could they get one up there without the public noticing? Lots of people watch the rockets launch and many channels have coverage of them launching. There just isn't a decent way to get a moon base up there. Hmm but it does make you wonder why they used the word crash doesn't it? Usually it would be 'Land' or 'Drop' So it is kinda weird, yet i think someone just made a slip up with the words used. But like the website says, Deny ignorance

Semoro

Land or drop implies they would make some effort to slow down whatever was going to hit the surface. That's not the case here. They want to crash into the surface with great force to create a plume of debris.

Maybe also testing the hollow moon idea, punch a hole through it, see if it leaks. lol

I already feel sorry for the country that gets the liquid that comes out lol. Be nice if it was like Cadbury Cream Egg though.

They could be doing this to notify our astral cousins that we are ready for contact.....

This seems like a waste of money why dont they just speed up the return to the moon and gather the information required....

why are we intent on blowing/smashing/general carnage?

peace and respect

Wow the first post you have made that actually makes any sense.

Indeed why would we crash two probes into the lunar south pole ?

Well a lot of data could be gained from such an experiment.

The downside could be we dont actually know what we are crashing into there are endless possible outcome's.

Let's just hope they know what they are doing.

Regards
Lee

Originally posted by ian990003100
This seems like a waste of money why dont they just speed up the return to the moon and gather the information required.

Because that would cost more money. Money that NASA doesn't have. The proposed method is a lot cheaper.

why are we intent on blowing/smashing/general carnage?

There is no carnage involved and there is no more destruction in this than the occasional small asteroid that strikes the Moon every once and a while.