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Robotics => Robotics News => Topic started by: Tyler on October 07, 2009, 01:00:09 am
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NASA Needs Your Help with LCROSS Impact
On Friday, October 9 at 4:30am (11:30 UTC), NASA's Lunar
Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) impactor will
hit
the Moon, followed four minutes later by the impact of the LCROSS
robotic mothership,
which will fly through the 10km high debris plume
collecting data about the presence of water, minerals, and organic
molecules. NASA will have the Hubble, the LRO, and hundreds of big
Earth-based telescopes pointed at the event. But the plume should be big
enough to be seen and recorded by amateur telescopes 10 inches or
larger. NASA is asking everyone who is willing to participate by
observing and photographing the event. Visit the LCROSS Citizen Science website
to get involved. To find an LCROSS public viewing event (or let others
know about one you're hosting), visit the LCROSS
public events page. (sadly, there are none in range of Dallas, TX
yet). There's also an LCROSS
Observation Google Group where you can find out more about how to
see the event. If all else, fails, you can watch the impact live on NASA TV.
http://robots.net/article/2927.html