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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made a series of observations immediately preceding and following the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Centaur rocket stage and shepherding spacecraft impacts at the lunar south pole, on October 9 at 7:31 and 7:35 a.m. EDT.
Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) were pointed just off the southern limb of the moon to look for a cloud of vaporized material blasted into space by the successive impacts of the rocket booster and spacecraft. The WFC3 images do not show any evidence for a temporary exosphere resulting from the impacts.
Hubble's ultraviolet sensitivity allowed astronomers to look specifically for hydroxyl (OH) that would have been produced by vaporized material from the impact. The STIS and WFC3 looked for emission from OH which would have formed if water molecules had been thrown into sunlight and broken apart by ultraviolet radiation into hydrogen and hydroxyl.
"A preliminary analysis of the STIS spectra do not show any clear evidence for hydroxyl, but further analysis is needed," said Hubble co-investigator Alex Storrs. The Hubble team plans on further analysis of their data.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by cloakndagger
Instruments on the LRO have identified the thermal signature of the impact.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) were pointed just off the southern limb of the moon to look for a cloud of vaporized material blasted into space by the successive impacts of the rocket booster and spacecraft. The WFC3 images do not show any evidence for a temporary exosphere resulting from the impacts.
The ejecta plume was seen by the ultraviolet spectrometer aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter circling the Moon — LCROSS's companion mission. In addition, LRO's imaging radiometer detected the warm impact crater.
Originally posted by Phage
Instruments on the LRO have identified the thermal signature of the impact.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
The Moon’s surface temperatures are among the most extreme of any planetary body in the solar system. Noontime surface temperatures near the lunar equator are hotter than boiling water, whereas nighttime surface temperatures on the Moon are almost as cold as liquid oxygen. It has been estimated that near the lunar poles, in areas that never receive direct sunlight, temperatures can dip to within a few tens of degrees of absolute zero.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by JPhish
They don't know how much.
Originally posted by uk alienhunter
Its astounding that anyone in here thinks anything actually went wrong.. This mission for those of you that dont know went fine and the fact that nothing was seen in the visible spectrum is also fine and was half expected as the spacecraft impacted a deep crater.
as much as i believe the alien presence around and on the earth i cant help but laugh at all the stupid conspiracy storys that pop out of every nasa mission... im sure u could even find a conspiracy about a nasa janitor using the toilet for anything other than just taking a leak or a crap...lol
wake up people too many conspiracys ruins the whole credibablity of our cause..
[edit on 10-10-2009 by uk alienhunter]
Originally posted by Copernicus
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by cloakndagger
Instruments on the LRO have identified the thermal signature of the impact.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Says NASA.
Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) were pointed just off the southern limb of the moon to look for a cloud of vaporized material blasted into space by the successive impacts of the rocket booster and spacecraft. The WFC3 images do not show any evidence for a temporary exosphere resulting from the impacts.
Amateur astronomers saw nothing. Hubble saw nothing. Nobody saw anything.
[edit on 10-10-2009 by Copernicus]
Originally posted by Chadwickus
Phage has already linked to a page showing some of the preliminary findings, what's the bet that it will be largely ignored while rubbish threads such as this one thrives?