References & Sources

Moon crash comes up dry

The myriad observations of the moon immediately after the Lunar Prospector spacecraft deliberately crashed into it on July 31 have shown no evidence of water.

References:

Barker, E.S. 1999. Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. October. Padua, Italy.

Further Readings:

Cowen, R. 1999. No splash down for moon craft. Science News 156(Aug. 7):84.

Sources:

Edwin S. Barker
University of Texas at Austin
McDonald Observatory
RLM 15.308
Austin, TX 78712-1083

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 19, November 6, 1999, p. 299. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.