reply to post by chiron613
in other words...... using a bow & arrow to kill..... instead of using a shotgun right?
the issue here is not about the technical misinterpretation of a 'bomb' instead of a 'kinetic impact'
as mentioned in the op......... violation of space law....... is of sheer concern here......
i dont suppose the damage.... 250 mts of lunar debris being blown off..... can be written off as 'peaceful'.....
in any case...... what is the big deal with this mission...... to find water...... as if that was not known..... or is it 'project right now'
and what is that going to be 1000 cbm of ice....... in a more updated form...... i.e. + details of exact locations.... after so many moon
missions.......
and for what purpose...... resources for astronauts who will stay there for extended periods..... god knows when... or lunar habitation...
i suppose they also plan to install water purification systems.... just in case...... oh... i almost forgot the 'essential' fluoride fortification
needs....
well...... they should first try & put man 'back' on the moon..... then start exploring all these 'exotic' projects......
anyways.... the experiments conducted via the clamentine mission....... had already confirmed the presence of water near the lunar surface.....
so......
after which the lunar prospector was launched a few years later (i.e. a decade ago) to look for 'polar ice deposits'.... + more mapping..... at what
price...... $62.8 million
and guess what....... during these troubled times..... how much do you think are the costs of the 'current' mission...... lcross @ $79m + lunar
reconnaissance orbiter @ $504m
and what is the purpose of this 'lro'....... to map out the lunar surface in regards to targeted landing sites for future missions.......... are
they counting the dust particles....
these details are the facts that have been released to the public sector by nasa........ i suppose thats about it..... very simple....... 'all
details have been thrown into light'......
slow and easy....... just like the confirmation which surfaced in 2008 that small amounts of water had been found in moon samples brought back by the
apollo-15 in 1971........
so many missions..... all mapping the lunar surface......... then how come they so forgot to mention anything about the lunar orbiters which date back
to the sixties......
out of sheer co-incidence...... just very recently the 'restored images' of the lunar south pole were released...... from the lunar orbiter missions
dating back to 1967.....