On Thursday, October 8 from 10 p.m. until Friday, October 9 around 2 a.m. at Lanihuli Observatory, astronomy professor Joe Ciotti hopes to video record the impact of NASA’s lunar-sensing satellite as it intentionally collides into a crater near the south pole of the moon where evidence of water is proven to exist.
Students and the community are welcome to witness live video images as the LCROSS lunar probe impacts the moon and also view a NASA video describing the LCROSS mission. The event at Lanihuli Observatory is free and open to the public.
“NASA has timed the impact to be seen by the Mauna Kea Observatory,” said Ciotti. “We will be using our 16” telescope to see the dust plume and record the event from right here in Kane‘ohe.”
The observatory doors will open to the public at 10:00 p.m. Impact of the space probe is anticipated about 1:30 a.m, October 9. The live video feed can also be seen on `Olelo.
For more information, contact: Professor Joe Ciotti (808) 236-9111
Windward Community College, Kaneohe, O`ahu - Lanihuli Observatory
Re: LCROSS viewing at Lanihuli Observatory
By MoriahBut don’t expect this technology to become commonplace on Earth anytime soon. NASA recently carried out a mission to determine if there was water on the moon, granted it was by dropping a bomb on the moon, but it was confirmed. There is indeed water on the moon, or rather, there are ice particles. This means some degenerates are going to try and see if anyone is dumb enough to want to buy moon water – meaning ice that sits under tons of dirt and rocks, and gets irradiated by the sun and other radiation in space constantly, and if you drank it – say hello to radiation poisoning and losing a kidney! So whatever you do, don't go to a money lender to start selling bottles filled with the water on the moon.