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I was reading about the LRO/LCROSS launch on www.space.com. It was
saying that LCROSS will guide the Centaur upper stage into an impact on the moon, which it will presumably watch until it too impacts on the moon. My understanding is the idea is to scan the ejecta for evidence of water. That sounds all well and good to my peanut gallery brain, but then I went over to the wikipedia entry for Centaur - it uses LH2 and LOX. Does Centaur have facilities for a (verified) purge of the tanks before it hits the moon? If not, aren't residual LH2 and LOX a concern wrt "contaminating" their measuements? rick jones -- Process shall set you free from the need for rational thought. these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... ![]() feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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