This Space.com report (NASA Adds Moon Crashing Probes to LRO Mission) details NASA plans to slam two probes into the Moon in order to examine the debris for signs of water. Water ice will be useful for future astronauts and lunar colonists, so discovering quantities of water ice on the Moon will be a boost for the VSE program.
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April 10, 2006
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In an attempt to discover water upon the moons surface, NASA is preparing one of two probes on a kamikaze mission towards the surface. The idea behind the stunt is to determine whether or not the southern pole contains ice water--a critical element i... [Read More]
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