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Re-purposed Brilliant Pebbles spacecraft was what found ice on the moon.

2019-04-28

[Twitter]

Interesting statement from this post by @HopDavid41 (http://t.co/x8nxZchD52):
Water ice on the Moon was discovered by a re-purposed 'Brilliant Pebble' military satellite designed as part of the SDI space program.
Here's a summary of mission 'Clementine': https://t.co/hV14PfO6yB pic.twitter.com/XVgY87MZFX
— ToughSF (@ToughSf) April 28, 2019

Posted by:3dc

#4 A Pebbles relation perhaps?

Posted by: Skidmark 2019-04-28 11:26

#3 Thanks Frank.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-04-28 10:48

#2 Brilliant Pebbles may be cool, but it's not Rantburg Mod Cool, like Bright Pebbles

Posted by: Frank G 2019-04-28 10:35

#1 Clementine was a technology test bed by the SDIO; it wasn't a "brilliant pebbles" type thing but meant to test the sensors that would wind up there.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2019-04-28 10:30

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