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NASA's LCROSS Mission to Bomb The Moon

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Uploaded by on Oct 9, 2009

The LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite) mission sent a missile traveling at twice the speed of a bullet to blast a hole in the lunar surface near the moon's South pole.
This isn't a declaration of intergalactic war: The missile hit the lunar surface at the moon's South pole, an area scientists estimate may have billions of tons of trapped ice
The actual impact started at 7:30 am EDT/4:30 am PDT (11:30 UT), according to NASA.
The Centaur rocket striked first, transforming 2200 kg of mass and 10 billion joules of kinetic energy into a blinding flash of heat and light. Researchers expected the impact to throw up a plume of debris as high as 10 km.

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  • Roushenway1fan is right. Thats exactly what NASA saw also. i actualy streamed NASA but MSNs seamed to be much clearer.

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  • LOL FAIL!!!!!!!

  • HA FAIL!

  • lol hahaha FAIL 2:45

  • HAHAHH, LOOL!

  • :( That bored me. I was hoping you could actually see the missile hitting it. dang...

  • LMAO hi five fail

  • 2:45 , Hi five fail. LOL XD

  • i saw a really clear shot of it... alot clearer than here and i didnt see jack for an explosion...

  • it not fake it happned today i saw some glow in the sky

  • yup!

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