NASA is running a new project called LCROSS. The idea is that they want to crash land a probe onto the moon in order to look for particulate matter related to ice and water. The mission is rather interesting and it has one neat side effect that i wanted to share with you.
The impact of the probe will be so great that it will send a plum of moon matter into space. So big in fact that you can see it from earth! Awesome. That’s the kind of science I like to see, blow up or crash something into a large lunar surface. Color me excited! If you want to get the whole scoop, here’s the link to NASA’s site and the KQED public radio news story over in their Quest section.
Oh yeah, and the important information that I always forget! š The date and time should be October 9, 2009 at 11:30 UT (7:30 a.m. EDT, 4:30 a.m. PDT), +/- 30 minutes. Check the site for updates!