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NASA LCROSS Moon crash mission: debris plume spotted

telegraph.co.uk — A first image of debris kicked up by the NASA LCROSS mission, which crashed a rocket into the Moon to search for water, has been released.

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  • one1plus1one, on 10/20/2009, -1/+7I have been a fan of NASA since I was 9 years old (and went to Kennedy Space Center to watch the first Shuttle take off).

    I continue to be a fan of NASA.

    I have been dazzled and wonder-struck by the images released from Hubble, Cassini, and the Mars Missions (as well as Voyager Missions).

    But I am disappointed in the photos released by this mission.

    In the future, I hope that NASA will continue the tradition of providing the public with dazzling, and amazing photos from their missions, especially if they over-hype a mission and promise drama (as they did with this mission).

    I believe they really dropped the ball on this mission in terms of providing the public with visual imagery, so we can share in the excitement of this scientific mission.

    As the recent Japanese mission to lunar-orbit proved, when you go that close to the moon, there are some amazing photographs to be had.

    Such photos can have scientific value, but they also have important emotional value: afterall, the reason we are sending space-craft into the universe is primarily due to our human-emotion and drive to explore.

    Photos let the rest of us share in the joy of exploration.

    So I'm highly disappointed with the NASA-engineer and scientist in charge of camera-imagery on this mission.

    And if he (or she) did recommend the use of a clear high definition camera which was then rejected by NASA management, then shame on NASA management for forgetting about the importance of the American tax payer who is funding these missions, who has come to expect (rightly so) the sheer joy of seeing cool and amazing imagery from outer-space.
  • notrealdan, on 10/20/2009, -0/+4From the article:
    "Scientists had feared that the plume had been too small to be captured, as both observers on Earth and the Hubble Space Telescope failed to spot anything."
  • undervalued, on 10/20/2009, -0/+4Whats with all the stupid comments? this is not a lolcat or bacon article, it is one we need people saying mildly interesting things.
  • MetalHead73, on 10/20/2009, -0/+4That's cool.
    Doesn't change the fact Reedit literally makes me cringe, just by looking at it, it looks like *****.
    Ew ew ew ew.

    Scratch that, thinking about it is just as bad.

    Digg > Reedit
  • bundwallah, on 10/20/2009, -1/+4ahem.....Hubble Shoots The Moon

    http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/ ...
  • ThanatosST, on 10/20/2009, -2/+4Here's a similar situation:
    Take a telescope, just your regular backyard telescope. Now put your hand over the wide end as you look through it, and try to get the telescope to focus on it.

    That's about what you're saying.
  • umdigger, on 10/20/2009, -0/+2Didn't that Indian satellite already confirm that there is water on the surface of the moon about a month ago?
  • humperdeath, on 10/20/2009, -0/+2That looked like a picture of Elvis' moon house!
  • diggababe, on 10/19/2009, -3/+4This sort of stuff constantly amazes me.
  • bobrobon, on 10/20/2009, -1/+2Please go play in traffic.
  • skywatcherone, on 10/22/2009, -0/+0yes how many million this time
  • skywatcherone, on 10/22/2009, -0/+0they probably would turn hubble towards it just they probably made it up in a studio they would have to take the roof off for hubble to see lol
  • klipseracer, on 10/20/2009, -2/+1Does this mean that the moon will have a sad face now?
  • bundwallah, on 10/20/2009, -8/+1Pfft...That's the pic? They couldn't turn the Hubble towards the damn thing?
  • andrewh7, on 10/20/2009, -9/+1It takes a few days to learn how to use photoshop. Give them a break on the delay. Yes - I can tell by the pixels.
  • differentangel, on 10/20/2009, -9/+1How long did it take to photoshop these pics before the release to the public?
  • DaviDTC, on 10/19/2009, -11/+3http://digg.com/space/Elusive_lunar_plume_caught_o ...
  • inactive, on 10/20/2009, -9/+0Yeah, this was on reddit first. Stay classy, digg.
  • Wander2000, on 10/20/2009, -12/+2The moon just ejaculated!
  • MacBookForMe, on 10/19/2009, -16/+4Let's repeat that stupid experiment once more...

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