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NASA bomb moon to find water
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3 ways to watch too: http://gizmodo.com/5376774/how-to-watch-the-moon-bombing-in-real-time
Well, 2 for us
It will be NASA TV for me, 25 hours and 25 minutes to go.
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the gizmodo article says it is visible in scopes larger than 10". i doubt it would be easy to spot if it is that dim though.
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awesome, we get to watch it at a decent time (unlike the californians 
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That does depend on whether you are able to see the lunar south pole at the time of impact.
It will be lunchtime here when it happens so I doubt it. This link pretty much confirms it:
http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/phase.htm
For those in areas where you can take a look at these links:
http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/observation/amateur.htm
http://groups.google.com/group/lcross_observation/web/observing-how-to
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NASA will only bomb the moon if they find evidence of muslims living there
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Bomb the moon back to the stone age!
I'm not going to see itI assumed when it said 9pm it ment BMT.
It would have been fun to try and catch that with your telescope but c’est la vie. I’m sure we will see some quite spectacular images from observatories that can see the event.
3 ways to watch too: http://gizmodo.com/5376774/how-to-watch-the-moon-bombing-in-real-time
Well, 2 for us
Interesting, although i did find something a little more interesting, but wrong, on that page
Very nicely constructed post, except you completely missed the point. The problem isn't covering every option - it's about covering the likely ones. Filters get clogged by design - that's what they are there for. So why include a filter that you can't replace at all? In your example, they could simply choose to run the equipment without the filter, but that isn't an option if you can't get at the old filter in the first place.
Anyway, on to LCROSS, as that's what this is about. I will - of course - be watching NASA TV. And Sky News and/or the BBC may cover the time immediately adjacant to the impact too.
Here's a complete run-down of events leading up to impact:
09:00 BST Thursday: Final orbit determination delivery for Separation.
14:00 BST: Separation Activity Selection Review (ASR)
15:00 BST: Command generation and checking for Separation through Braking Burn.
20:00 BST: Separation Command Approval Meeting (CAM).
21:30 BST: Command loads for Separation, Centaur Observation and Braking Burn, and slow rotation to Separation attitude.
~01:00 BST Friday: Slow rotation to Separation attitude starts.
02:40 BST: Separation onboard command sequence starts.
02:50 BST: Separation.
02:51 BST: Flip to point LCROSS instruments at Centaur.
03:01 BST: End of Centaur Observation.
03:30 BST: Braking Burn starts.
~04:00 BST: Preliminary Impact command load.
05:30 BST: Final Orbit Determination Delivery.
07:30 BST: Disabling LCROSS Fault Management.
09:30 BST: Impact Command Approval Meeting (CAM).
10:00 BST: Loading Impact command sequence to LCROSS.
11:00 BST: Start of Impact onboard command sequence.
11:10 BST: Switch to –Z MGA.
11:15 BST: Transitioning to Science Rate.
11:36 BST: Payload powers on.
12:10 BST: TLP Instrument powers on.
12:30:20 BST: Flash Mode begins.
12:31:20 BST: Centaur Impact.
12:31:23 BST: Curtain Mode begins.
12:34:23 BST: Crater Mode begins.
12:35:39 BST: Shepherding Spacecraft impact.
For an explanation of each step, see here: http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/lcrossfdblog/posts/post_1254984713637.html
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