[lbo-talk] Russian water detector on U.S. lunar orbiter

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Sat Sep 13 05:38:40 PDT 2008


Saturday, Sep 13, 2008

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Russian water detector on U.S. lunar orbiter http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/13/stories/2008091361991600.htm

Yury Zaitsev

A Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector (LEND) readied at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences has been sent to the U.S. to be installed on the American Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scheduled for launch in 2009. The aim of the mission is to map the Moon's surface. The task of the Russian device is to look for hydrogen and hydrogen-bearing compounds, above all frozen water, in the lunar subsurface. http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/13/stories/2008091361991600.htm



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