Mission for Moon Water

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"We're taking a big piece of metal and impacting the moon to kick up a big bunch of debris. Then we're going to fly through the debris and see if there's ice in it."

It's no tall tale -- and [Jennifer Heldmann] isn't in need of psychiatric help. She's one of a number of employees at the NASA/Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., behind one of the space agency's more colourful -- and important -- upcoming missions.

"It takes over your life," she said. "But it's fun. Who gets to send a mission to the moon?"

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Mission for Moon Water

By Julie Sevrens Lyons

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Corner Jennifer Heldmann at a cocktail party and ask her what she's doing at work these days, and the conversation will go something l...

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