NASA Perfects Lunar-Crashing Technology for Only $79 Million

NASA demonstrated pinpoint perfection of its new lunar-crashing technology early this morning by first crashing a Centaur final stage booster into the moon, followed closely by the LCROSS Lunar CRashing scientific platform. All kidding aside, the two lunar impacts are designed to further explore the amount of water on the moon. The impacts kicked up debris from craters perpetually in shadow, likely places for hard-frozen water. Spectrographic analysis of the debris will determine how much water there was in the vicinity of the impact sites. Thus we will soon know whether or not there’s some Popsicle mixed in with the green cheese.