How did the LCROSS mission allow water to be detected on the Moon?
A) It was a mission that allowed astronauts who landed on the moon to find frozen water on the surface of the Moon.
B) The mission produced man-made impacts in a dark crater in order to cause an explosive plume of debris to be ejected high above the surface that could be studied.
C) It was an Earth-based telescopic mission.
D) It included the launch of a spacecraft to orbit the Moon for the next 40 years to detect evaporated atmosphere produced by the Sun's UV rays.

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The LCROSS mission caused an explosive plume of debris to be ejected from a dark crater on the moon's surface, which could be studied to detect the presence of water.

How Did the LCROSS Mission Allow Water to Be Detected