We are happy to bring you,
from Ames Research Center,
"End of Mission" Lunar Prospector
with Host, Paul Mortfield of the Stanford SOLAR Center and Lisa
Chu-Thielbar, Outreach Coordinator for Lunar Prospector
 Please join us on a thrilling recap of the Mission and an
exciting
finale to this amazing saga.
Lunar Prospector is nearing the completion
of its full 18 month primary and extended
missions. Many new insights into lunar
science have resulted. As the spacecraft
nears the end of its useful lifetime, a bold
experiment will make a final attempt to
glean a last nugget of science from an
already successful mission. A team of
scientists led by David Golstein of the
University of Texas will endeavor to smash
the tiny spaccraft into a permanently
shadowed south pole crater. If all goes
well in this low probability, high pay-off
attempt, a direct signal of water ice could
be viewed by land and spacebased
telescopes.
To learn more about the
Lunar Prospector and End of Mission details
visit their Website
Other interesting resource sites for information on Lunar
Science.
http://exploration.jsc.nasa.gov/EXPLORE/Data/Lib/DOCS/EIC051.HTML
http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/
http://george.arc.nasa.gov/dx/basket/storiesetc/LPdispix.html
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/luna.html
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/pxmoon.html
http://www.reston.com/astro/lunar/almanac.html
http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast26jul99_1.htm
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