An initial review of data taken by a slew of telescopes on the ground and in space reveals no sign that the Lunar Prospector spacecraft dredged up water when it crashed into the moon, as planned, on July 31.

Cowen, R. 1999. Watery prospects: Shoot the moon. Science News 156(July 17):43.

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

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 6, August 7, 1999, p. 84. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.