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Moon Bombing Video: Watch NASA's LCROSS Mission Bomb The Moon (UPDATED, PHOTOS)
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UPDATE: The AP reports that NASA's LCROSS mission has successfully bombed the moon in the quest to find water in space.
NASA has successfully bulldozed two spacecraft into the moon's south pole in a search for hidden ice, but without the promised live photos.First a 2.2-ton empty rocket hull smacked the moon's south pole at 7:31 a.m. EDT Friday. Then four minutes later the camera-and-instrument laden space probe made its death plunge.
On Twitter, users expressed disappointment with the moon bombing, many expressing frustration that whey were not able to see the anticipated plume of moon debris. One user commented:
Dear NASA, Now #lcross is all over I'm going back to garden to see if my veggies are growing bigger. It might be more
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