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"Mission scientists estimate that the Centaur impact plume may be visible through amateur-class telescopes with apertures as small as 10 to 12 inches."

Earliest impact date: My birthday

Coinedence? I think not!
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They've picked a launch time. The NASA LRO Mission has a countdown clock -- that, as I picture, seems off by about 20 hours; I shall inform them if so. (Edit: No. it's probably OK. I had the wrong day of week.)

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Launch Date: June 17
Launch Time: 3:51 p.m. EDT
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NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission
NASA Goddard LRO Mission
NASA LRO Mission Twitter
NASA Ames LCROSS Mission
NASA LCROSS Twitter
NASA Launch Schedule
NASA LRO Launch Information
NASA's New Moon Missions Blog
Wikipedia: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA TV (or NASA TV Yahoo! source or high-resolution)

Tentative launch target:
2009 June 17, 1251 PDT, Wednesday
2009 June 17, 1551 EDT, Wednesday
2009 June 17, 1951 UTC, Wednesday

3 weeks to launch
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(Did anyone notice that Richard Garriott bought Lunokhod 2 at auction??)
I swear, that man is pure awesome... if he's reading this, could he please consider adopting me?
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NASA's New Moon Missions Blog: NASA's New Moon Missions Seek Answers about Lunar Environment

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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, began their journey to the moon rolled out to launch complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Center at about 1:30 a.m. EDT on May 28.
Launchpad pictures.

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LCROSS represents a new generation of fast development, cost-capped missions that use off-the-shelf hardware and flight-proven software to achieve focused mission goals. Whatever the mission discovers about the presence of water will increase our knowledge of the mineral makeup of the most remote areas of the moon, the deep polar craters where sunshine never reaches.
Wow. They're gonna put it where the sun don't shine!
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Launchpad pictures.
Hah.. Stowaways! Tommy Lee Jones about to do the space cowboy thing?

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Wow. They're gonna put it where the sun don't shine!
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Alerting Moon fans - this story on Spaceflight Now reports that the LRO team will solicit targeting requests from the public, on top of the obvious space-exploration sites. They'd like to have the Apollo 11 site by the anniversary if constraints allow, and try their luck at Lunokhod tracks. (Did anyone notice that Richard Garriott bought Lunokhod 2 at auction??)

So everybody polish up your list of lunar mysteries...
They'll have 1 meter resolution. Those will probably be of marginal quality.
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They'll have 1 meter resolution. Those will probably be of marginal quality.
Throw in a shadow to emphasize the object's presence and it could still be an emotionally stirring sight.
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Tentative launch target:
2009 June 17, 1251 PDT, Wednesday
2009 June 17, 1551 EDT, Wednesday
2009 June 17, 1951 UTC, Wednesday

14 days, 1 hour, 45 minutes to launch
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Throw in a shadow to emphasize the object's presence and it could still be an emotionally stirring sight.
That's good. I hope so. We'll see on July 20 maybe.
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They'll have 1 meter resolution. Those will probably be of marginal quality.
Actually, it's 50cm/pixel. Depends on how you define 'resolution'.

With 25cm/pixel - HiRISE has easily identified hardware and wheels tracks of vehicles MUCH MUCH smaller than the hardware on the Moon.

LRO will do just fine with Apollo, Lunakhod, scuff marks from boots, LRV's etc.
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NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission

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LRO/LCROSS Launch Moves Forward
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:08:39 AM PDT

The launch and mission teams for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Spacecraft missions met on Wednesday in Florida for the Flight Readiness Review, or FRR.

The teams announced that there are no major issues or concerns to hamper launch at this time.
Launch target:
2009 June 17, 1251 PDT, Wednesday
2009 June 17, 1551 EDT, Wednesday
2009 June 17, 1951 UTC, Wednesday

6 days, 2 hours, 45 minutes to launch
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It's bad enough we don't get solar eclipses and our nearest NASA Center is in Maryland, but why does New York have to miss out on this, too!
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It's bad enough we don't get solar eclipses and our nearest NASA Center is in Maryland, but why does New York have to miss out on this, too!
New York is so last century.
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The LCROSS shepherding spacecraft is a weird bird.
Yeah, the design and polar orbiting I found interesting. The press kit has some good diagrams (sorry if linked before- couldn't find it on a brief scan).

LRO/LCROSS press kit (Warning, pdf file)
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LRO might get bumped by STS-127 shuttle launch. Decision Monday.

NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission

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A Launch Readiness Review, or LRR, is scheduled for Monday at 9 a.m. EDT. A prelaunch news conference will be held after the LRR and is planned for 1 p.m. EDT. The briefing will be broadcast live from the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on NASA TV.
That briefing was scheduled before the scrub of STS-127 Saturday. Exact times may change to accommodate decision for which mission launches on Wednesday.

Launch target:
2009 June 17, 1251 PDT, Wednesday
2009 June 17, 1551 EDT, Wednesday
2009 June 17, 1951 UTC, Wednesday

2 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes to launch
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LRO Launch Thursday June 18

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers have scheduled the next launch attempt of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission for 5:40 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 17. The launch will take place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

As a result, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, are set to lift off together aboard an Atlas V rocket on Thursday, June 18. There are three launch opportunities from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida: 5:12 p.m., 5:22 p.m. and 5:32 p.m.

NASA managers postponed Endeavour's planned June 13 liftoff because of a leak associated with the gaseous hydrogen venting system outside the shuttle's external fuel tank. The system is used to carry excess hydrogen safely away from the launch pad.
Launch target:
2009 June 18, 1412 PDT, Thursday
2009 June 18, 1712 EDT, Thursday
2009 June 18, 2112 UTC, Thursday

About 3 days to launch
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Is this the bad boy that will be able to image the Apollo hardware left on the moon?

ETA: From your link:

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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

Two narrow-angle cameras (NACs) on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) will make high-resolution, black-and-white images of the surface, capturing images of the poles with resolutions down to 1 meter (about 3.3 feet). A third, wide-angle camera (WAC), will take color and ultraviolet images over the com¬plete lunar surface at 100-meter (almost 330-foot) resolution. These images will show polar lighting conditions, identify potential resources and hazards, and aid selection of safe landing sites.
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Planetary Society Blog: LRO & LCROSS Up-Close Tour

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"We will look to photograph [one or more of] the Apollo landing sites with 0.5 meter resolution", said Tooley. The high resolution camera will also be targeted to find other US and Russian unmanned robotic landers and rovers. "Initial images may be available during the first month. The lower half of the Lunar Module (LM) should be easily visible as well as the lunar rover tracks and perhaps the science instruments".
Will it satisfy the hoax believers? Pfft.
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Will it satisfy the hoax believers? Pfft.
I hear ya. They will just claim the new photos are doctored.
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Although of no scientific value, it would still be nice to see them.
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The LRO should be able to image Apollo artifacts:

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/11jul_lroc.htm
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I hope that if LRO happen's to spot any of the Apollo landing sites,that will put the Hoaxer's saga to rest so that these people who try to lead the ordinary Joe/Jane 's astray be Ashamed
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2009 June 18, 1412 PDT, Thursday
2009 June 18, 1712 EDT, Thursday
2009 June 18, 2112 UTC, Thursday

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Although of no scientific value, it would still be nice to see them.
They are of UTMOST scientific value. Having on-orbit imagery of the same areas explored from the ground offers an excellent ground-truth. Spectroscopy of those sites can be cross referenced with collected samples as well.

Arguably - among the most important science tagets, are those places where we've 'been'.
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They are of UTMOST scientific value. Having on-orbit imagery of the same areas explored from the ground offers an excellent ground-truth. Spectroscopy of those sites can be cross referenced with collected samples as well.

Arguably - among the most important science tagets, are those places where we've 'been'.
I was referring to images/photos of the Apollo hardware. Yes, I can see where images of the ground would be of value.
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Well - when you take an image of the landing site of a piece of hardware....you tend to get an image of the hardware as well
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Well - when you take an image of the landing site of a piece of hardware....you tend to get an image of the hardware as well
Really? Well golly.

Once again, I was referring to the Apollo hardware and that the images might disspell some of the HBers and CTers. I never said that images of the ground had no scientific value. So please, if you want to argue about it, please find someone else.
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