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Wyatt the Odd Fezian16 Oct 2009 11:04 a.m. PST

During last week's lunar impact mission, NASA put out a Twitter feed from the LCROSS probe:

The messages are here: twitter.com/LCROSS_NASA

But I'll post them in chronological order:

# Looking at the lunar surface, closing in at ~4000mph, as my team evalautes the health of my science instruments.3:42 AM Oct 9th from web

# Wow! We're T – 10 minutes to Centaur impact! #lcross4:21 AM Oct 9th from web

# Where am I now? Travelin' 2.49km/s (5577mph). 1,737km from the Moon. T-2min #lcross4:29 AM Oct 9th from web

# Centaur Impact into Cabeus! #lcross Now it's my turn!4:32 AM Oct 9th from web

# I'm 300km from the moon! #lcross4:33 AM Oct 9th from web

# Wow, 150km from the moon! #lcross4:33 AM Oct 9th from web

# "And what's this thing coming toward me very fast? So big and flat and round,4:34 AM Oct 9th from web

# it needs a big wide sounding name like 'Ow', 'Ownge', 'Round', 'Ground'!"4:34 AM Oct 9th from web

# "That's it! Ground! Ha! I wonder if it'll be friends with me?"4:34 AM Oct 9th from web

# Hi! This LCROSS Science Team at Ames here. The LCROSS mission has ended. But the scientific discovery continues.4:36 AM Oct 9th from web

The Guardian made mention of it:

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Wyatt

Jana Wang16 Oct 2009 2:42 p.m. PST

:)

Jay Arnold16 Oct 2009 8:29 p.m. PST

Neat.

Whatisitgood4atwork16 Oct 2009 10:39 p.m. PST

:-)

Gearhead04 Nov 2009 9:13 a.m. PST

Ha ha!!

Future missions to the site will undoubtedly find something unexpected in the wreckage…

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