Lunar Prospector

1999/08/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Astronautika

One of NASA's dreams is to build a station in space. On this road the ISS is being built, but it would be much more interesting to find a fixed place where water would be found and where work is being done on the Moon to confirm that there is water. To this end, on January 4, 1998, the Lunar Prospector probe was launched into space and turned to the Moon collecting data.

Finally, when your working day ends, you will be led to the surface of the Moon to confirm the presence of water. If so, the shock (a two-ton car like a wall at 1,700 km/h) would generate water vapor that would be seen from the terrestrial and spatial observatories.