P&W Helps Gives NASA a Lift to the Moon Crash
And this is our thanks!?
Updated 7:00 AM EST, Fri, Oct 9, 2009
As NASA prepares to crash two spacecraft into the moon Friday, they'll be destroying the hard work of folks at a unit of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne that helped get them there.
A liquid-oxygen-kerosene fueled engine powered the launch of an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in mid-June. Another liquid hydrogen-fueled, liquid oxygen engine was used to "position it on a trajectory toward the Moon," PWR reports .
Once they crash, they'll shoot debris plumes well into the air. NASA will analyze that for water ice.
You can watch a public viewing of the landing Friday morning in Bridgeport at the Discovery Museum and Planetarium or right here on NBC Connecticut.
So, yeah. PWR helped give NASA a lift to the moon, and their thanks (in addition to the purchase) is landing the devices face down on the Moon. Figures.
First Published: Oct 8, 2009 4:51 PM EST
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