Moon Bombing Redux: There’s Water on the Moon!

Published by Tech Pundit | Filed under Social media | November 13th, 2009

Although the LCROSS mission last month (aka the “ moon bombing ”) that was broadcast live on TV and the Internet may have not provided any spectacular footage, it did apparently deliver some remarkable findings. According to NASA , “the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009 impacts into the permanently shadowed region of Cabeus cater near the moon’s south pole.” In other words, we have a pretty huge scientific discovery on our hands: water on the moon! In addition to finding water, NASA has released the above image, showing the “ejecta plume” from 20 seconds after impact

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Moon Bombing Redux: There’s Water on the Moon!