..Nasa is set to crash two unmanned spacecraft into the Moon in a bid to detect the presence of water-ice. A 2,200kg rocket stage will be first to collide, hurling debris high above the lunar surface. A second spacecraft packed with science instruments will analyse the contents of this dusty cloud before meeting a similar fate. The identification of water-ice in the impact plume would be a major discovery, scientists say. Not least because a supply of water on the Moon would be a vital...
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..Nasa is set to crash two unmanned spacecraft into the Moon in a bid to detect the presence of water-ice. A 2,200kg rocket stage will be first to collide, hurling debris high above the lunar surface. A second spacecraft packed with science instruments will analyse the contents of this dusty cloud before meeting a similar fate. The identification of water-ice in the impact plume would be a major discovery, scientists say. Not least because a supply of water on the Moon would be a vital resource for future human exploration. The £49m mission is called LCROSS (the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite). .Picture 9 October 2009: Universal News and Sport (Scotland).All pictures must be credited to www.universalnewsandsport.com.(0ffice) 0844 884 51 22.
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