Posted on 11/13/2009 5:38:42 PM PST by markomalley
The visible camera image showing the ejecta plume at about 20 seconds after impact.
Data from the down-looking near-infrared spectrometer. The red curve shows how the spectra would look for a "grey" or "colorless" warm (230 C) dust cloud. The yellow areas indicate the water absorption bands.
Data from the ultraviolet/visible spectrometer taken shortly after impact showing emission lines (indicated by arrows). These emission lines are diagnostic of compounds in the vapor/debris cloud.
The water levels may be rising on the moon due to Global Warming. Send Algore up there on LCROSS 2 (it may take a Saturn V to get the lift capability for that job).
Awesome!!!!
It is budget time at NASA so it is either water on the moon or Mars. Always the same story.
NASA was good when the Germans and Von Braun ran it. Today it is like the Post Office and ACORN.
Obama wants to cut NASA’s budget. Hopefully this means Bill Nelson will lose his seat in FL when he is up for election. He is a POS and a NASA pimp.
NASA figures” if we can out-lie the muslim in chief, we can scam more money for our Buck Rogers schemes”.
You know, I really agree with this. I have been saying lately that they are "water happy". This data seems very thin to me, and you could cut the politics with a knife.
NASA is a Global Warming pimp. Shut it down!
I liked NASA circa Von Braun. They had a plan, went to the moon etc. The technology to go much further just is not there. The space station while incredible engineering is an expensive waste. We cannot give endless benefits to illegals, fight two wars, build space stations, provide endless mandated welfare programs to everyone plus tens of billions in foreign aid and stay solvent.
Whenever it is budget time they start talking about water on Mars or the moon. Even if there is so what. The moon can never have an atmosphere and so what if we could put a base on the moon. Water on Mars has more potential but it is too far away for now.
Maybe would create a better atmosphere on Mars if there was water but we will all be dead by then. The country may be broke next year. Obama wants to turn America into Zimbabwe and Somalia.
Agreed. Even if they found unground oceans of water - so what. A base on the moon? For what? If there was water maybe somehow you could create an atmposhere but the USA is bankrupt so what is the point.
My only hope is NASA workers who lose their jobs are Dems because they voted for destroying our economy and standard of living.
The EU and China will find this research very useful and actionable. But, 0 is in the process of destroying America and we have to be more concerned with food and shelter.
You took the words right out of my mouth!
This Tang’s for you ;)
Traveling as fast as a speeding bullet, the Centaur impacted the lunar surface
arrrrgggh!!
I hate that saying, it's utterly meaningless.
Muzzle Velocities (Handgun rounds)
a 50gr .25 Auto travels at 760 fps, or 518 mph
a 150 gr, .38 Special travels at 845 fps, or 576 mph
a 230gr, .45 ACP travels at 835 fps, or 569 mph.
and a 115 gr. 9mm JHP goes 1,225 fps, or 835 mphBut now, for Rifle Muzzle Velocities we have a little something more 'fitting':
a 130 gr. 270 Win goes at 3050 fps, or 2,080 mph
a 150 gr, 30-30 Win goes 2390 fps, or 1,630 mph
a 150 gr, .308 Win goes 2810 fps, or 1,916 mph
a 123 gr. FMJ, 7.62x39 goes 2,350 fps, or 1,602 mph
and a 55gr, .223 Rem travels at 3,240 fps, or 2,209 mph
So really. What does, 'as fast as a speeding bullet' mean -- nothing. We have sub-sonic handgun rounds to rifle bullets approaching Mach 3. But for a Spacecraft's 'speed'? ... Whoopee! It was a cool saying for Superman and that's about it.
Oh and a 40 gr, .22LR goes 1,255 fps, or 856 mph. (Mach 1.125)
And those *evil* Pellet Rifles with 1,000 Muz Vel, that little pellet is going 682 mph, or Mach .9, now that is cool. (No wonder Chicago outlawed those back in the '50's.) (/s)
Firearm Ballistics from Winchester. 'Typical' round selected for above
Golly, Uncle Chode, that looked like it must’ve hurt a bit!
It’s almost as if Six is trying to avoid me...
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