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LCROSS Lunar Impact

NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, created twin impacts on the moon's surface early Friday in a search for water ice. Scientists will analyze data from the spacecraft...  
 
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lighter352 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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FAIL
piranha031091 (1 week ago)
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crossmen (1 week ago) Show Hide
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:) That's only a large image being zoomed in steps. I don't think it was an impact over the moon. :P
piranha031091 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Of course, they've spent billions of dollars to zoom in steps on an image. And zooming on an image is the best way to confirms the presence of water on the moon. And that caused an impact visible from earth based telescopes.
Have you ever thought about what you where saying before wrighting it?
crossmen (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Please, show me some of these pictures (or videos) from earth based telescopes of impact.

I think they've spent a huge amount of money too. So why didn't spend some money to obtain at least a 15fps video of impact?

LCROSS mission was built with 2007 technology. Why to resign with this low low low loooow quality video (near to 1945 technology) to spread so important news to humanity? People needs to see with own eyes...

Regards!
piranha031091 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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This takes place at the moon's south pole: it means the light is very dimm and you must have an important exposure time between two frames, or you won't see anything except darkness. And the image quality is poor because the probe is mooving while it is taking these frames. that creates a motion blurr, lowering your image quality: it would be in HD, you wouldn't see it better. Try to take a video in the darkness while moving whith the best camera you can find, and you'll understad what I mean.
crossmen (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Ok Ok... That explanation is valid for you and I'm happy with but...

I will write to NASA to offer my high technology 1999 Sony DCR-TRV730 camera to be mounted in next mission. That kind of camera can make beautiful videos with 0 Lux using infrared light... and there must be a lot of this light in Universe :) It only cost $1000 in year 2000.

I'm sure NASA will appreciate it... xD
See you!!
piranha031091 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Infrared light is emitted by warm corpses. It works on earth, whith ambient temperatures above zero, or not so far from it (the world record is around -70 °C in Vostok).
But what about the moon's south pole and its temperature approaching -150°C? The infrared light it emits must be very dimm! Far too low to be seen easily by a usual infrared sensor!
tcholloventura (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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"NASA saw any water in the moon??? if there is water on the moon can you pipe it down to south africa?"
Your words are my words.
aurelzbarciog (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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u're right kamen

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