Hi, In 3.5 hours LCROSS will be causing a big impact and creating a crater, throwing tons of debris and potentially water ice and vapor above the lunar surface. This impact will release materials from the lunar surface that will be analyzed for the presence of hydrated minerals which would tell researchers if water is there or not. http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/ http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/80305/front-row-seats-nasas-lunar-impact Feeds - http://www.slooh.com/special_feed.php - mplayer/vlc nasa tv real player stream: http://www.nasa.gov/ram/35037main_portal.ram Social networks - http://twitter.com/Lcross_Nasa - http://www.facebook.com/pages/LCROSS-Lunar-Impactor-Mission/154478180006 Software - http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/spacecraft.php for celestia On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Sammy Njoroge <smmynjoroge@gmail.com> wrote:
This is a bit off topic but in the interests of science and common knowledge i just had to post it. Most of us have heard/seen of the guy at the equator on the Nanyuki-Nairobi highway showing the 'power' of Coriolis force (clockwise cyclones in the south hemisphere and vice versa thanks to the earth's rotation). So the guy causes water draining from a container to spin counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere and when he steps on the equator (ps. he doesnt have any gps device to prove it) the water stops rotating.
Here's an interesting read, are we all that gullible!!!! i just kicked myself for believing the dude and Mr Kariuki my geography teacher.
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