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Watery prospects: Shoot the moon

Astronomers are hoping that Lunar Prospector will end its mission on July 31 with a splash, crashing into a lunar crater suspected of harboring frozen water.

References:

Goldstein, D.B., ... A.B. Binder, and W.C. Feldman. 1999. Impacting Lunar Prospector in a cold trap to detect water ice. Geophysical Research Letters 26(June 15):1653.

Further Readings:

Cowen, R. 1998. More water on the moon. Science News 154(Oct. 10):239.

Further information about Lunar Prospector can be found at http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov.

Sources:

David B. Goldstein
University of Texas
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Austin, TX 78712

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 3, July 17, 1999, p. 43. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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