Diviner Lunar Radiometer Observations of Cold Traps in the Moon’s South Polar Region

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Paige, David A., Siegler, Matthew A., Zhang, Jo Ann, Hayne, Paul O., Foote, Emily J., Bennett, Kristen A., Vasavada, Ashwin R., Greenhagen, Benjamin T., Schofield, John T., McCleese, Daniel J., Foote, Marc C., DeJong, Eric, Bills, Bruce G., Hartford, Wayne, Murray, Bruce C., Allen, Carlton C., Snook, Kelly, Soderblom, Laurence A., Calcutt, Simon, Taylor, Fredric W., Bowles, Neil E., Bandfield, Joshua L., Elphic, Richard, Ghent, Rebecca, Glotch, Timothy D., Wyatt, Michael B., Lucey, Paul G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2010
• Subjects: Hayne; Kerr; Paige; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1187726; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1187726

Watering the Moon About a year ago, a spent upper stage of an Atlas rocket was deliberately crashed into a crater at the south pole of the Moon, ejecting a plume of debris, dust, and vapor. The goal of this event, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) experiment, was to search...