Originally posted by Shrukin89
I was only told by my brother. So if NASA's Clementine Spacecraft found good evidence of water-ice on the Moon 15 years ago. Why the hell are they
doing another test?
Because finding evidence of water is not the same as finding proof. It's standard scientific practice to do more than one test. NASA
has collected evidence of Lunar ice with a variety of spacecrafts and instruments. Wouldn't you agree that it's better to be thorough and make sure
of your findings?
The spacecraft that they are crashing is 75 million dollars. Why the hell would someone be so wasteful to crash a 75 million dollar spacecraft
into our moon?
$79 million is cheap. The LRO that launched with LCROSS will have had an operational life cost of $500 million by its end. It too will crash into the
Moon eventually, like all Lunar probes. All the past Lunar probes that were sent by the US and former USSR in the 60's, impacted into the Moon.
China's and Japan's recent Lunar probes both impacted into the Moon already and India's will eventually as well.
It's not like the probe is filled with money, never to be seen again. That $79 million is spent here on Earth, paying peoples wages, paying for parts
and equipment from other companies.
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Well well well what do you have to say for your self now?
