This slide presentation reviews the success of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) project. The LCROSS mission science goals was to: (1) Confirm the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed region on the Moon (2) Identify the form/state of hydrogen observed by at the lunar poles (3) Quantify, if present, the amount of water in the lunar regolith, with respect to hydrogen concentrations (4) Characterize the lunar regolith within a permanently shadowed crater on the Moon. The mission confirmed the presence of water ice on the moon by impacting a part of the spent Centaur upper stage into the Cabeus crater.. The presentation includes pictures of the development of the spacecraft, testing, launch, impact site, impact and a section of what the author called "Lunacy" which showed joking cartoons.


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    Title :

    LCROSS: Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite Project


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    29th Annual Internatoinal Space Development Conference ; 2010 ; Chicago, IL, United States


    Publication date :

    2010-05-30


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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