lcross.arc.nasa.gov/

The above link contains information about the NASA mission to try and find water on the moon. If there are usable amounts of water it would pave the way for humans to return to the moon and make a lunar base and exploration of the solar system a reality.

Contrary to media reports this is not a bombing of the moon. Kinitic energy will be used to produce a plume. A probe will then fly by to meassure possible water hidden under the surface. It should be noted that all the craters we see on ths rock we call the moon were placed there by impacts of other rocks that crash there naturally. So ignore the hysteria of people who claim ths has anything to do with bombs or the military. IMHO this is a good use of science and technology not to mention good use of our taxes.

If you know anybody who owns a telescope you may be able to see the efects of the impact as it happens next month. It may not be as spectacular or as the faboulous hit on the asteroid in 2004, but it still should be quite a show.

I am sending good energy to the folks at NASA for a direct hit on our favorite space rock.