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Planetary Radio

Lunar Smackdown! Special LCROSS Impact Coverage

Airdate: Monday, October 12, 2009
Running Time: 00:28:52
Listen: Windows Media | MP3

There was no plume of lunar regolith and no confirmation of water, but the Lunar CRarter ObServing Satellite or LCROSS mission smacked into the Moon as planned early Friday morning, October 9. We have special coverage from Mat, Emily and Bruce including the moment of impact, an excerpt from the post-impact press conference, and how it all went down for a group of kids who played an important role in the spacecraft's success. Bill Nye has a commentary on the mission, and What's Up features one last LCROSS-related space trivia contest.

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Guests

• Bruce Betts, Director of Projects, The Planetary Society
• Mat Kaplan, Producer and Host, Planetary Radio
• Emily Lakdawalla, Science and Technology Coordinator, The Planetary Society

Related Information

• Continuing coverage of LCROSS in the Planetary Society blog
• LCROSS Mission website
• Lewis Center for Educational Research/GAVRT