Watch NASA Bombing The Moon (LCROSS)- Live Streaming Online

Watch NASA Bombing The Moon

Tomorrow is the scheduled NASA event wherein they will bomb the moon and hopefully detect some water.

Detecting that water is tough. Radar results have been inconclusive, with some people saying there’s lots of water, and others saying there’s none at all. By impacting a probe there, any ice located at the impact site will be shot up above the lunar surface, where sunlight will break it up into O+ and OH- molecules, which can be detected. Thus, LCROSS.

The LCROSS launch will be broadcasted live on NASA TV and will start at 6:15 a.m. EDT/3:15 a.m. PDT on October 9, 2009.

On the launch date, I’ll try to embed a Live video feed here. Otherwise, you can check out this link.

How to Receive NASA Television’s Occasional HD Programming

NASA TV Downlink Parameters:
Uplink provider = Americom
Satellite = AMC 6
Transponder = 17C
72 Degrees West
Transmission Format: DVB-S
Downlink Frequency: 4040 MHz
Polarity: Vertical
FEC= 3/4
Data Rate= 36.860 MHz
Symbol Rate = 26.665 Ms/s

NASA TV HD Programming:
HD Program = 105
Video PID = 82
AC-3 Audio PID = 238
MPEG-1 Layer II Audio PID =83