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GRAIL Moon Mission

  • EqualsThree     10th Sep 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Anyone have opinions for this?

    http://www.space.com/12497-nasa-moon-gravity-probes-grail-mission-infographic.html

    The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket will launch the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission for NASA. The rocket will fly in the 7920-Heavy configuration. GRAIL includes two spacecraft in lunar orbit to study the moon's interior and thermal evolution. The project is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

    2 OF THEM ARE LIVE READY FOR LAUNCH RIGHT NOW, WATCH THIS AT : http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv

    EDIT: SWAPPED 2ND LAUNCH WINDOW DUE TO HIGH WINDS.
  • boxmein     10th Sep 2011 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    Well, the gravity map would be cool to look at and to find out where there's stronger gravity pull so you know how strong you have to be to do pull-ups...
    But the crashing of the GRAILs is too brutal. They spent millions of dollars developing epic spacecrafts but then they intentionally want to break them. :<
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