What remains to be seen is whether the crashes created the vast plume of moon dirt that scientists p


	What remains to be seen is whether the crashes created the vast plume of moon dirt that scientists p

lakotahope

10-10-2009 2:37 PM

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nasa, satellite, lcross splat

lakotahope says:

We were told there would be a plume of dust, blasted at least 6 miles up. Nope. But, maybe the good news is the thing hit a big mud pit--so much water and moon dust mixed together made it SPLAT. I was disappointed anyway.

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