I took my scope out at 4:30 to see the LCROSS satellite fire a rocket into Cabeus, a crater near the lunar south pole in an attempt to determine whether water (ice) is present in the subsurface soil. There was supposed to be a 10 kilometer debris plume visible at 300+ power, but I didn't see anything. Apparently neither did anyone else, including live NASA TV feed.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20...pact-crash.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LC...ain/index.html

 

Did it really happen or is this like when we landed on the moon?

 

The cgi failed and they couldn't do it right in a Hollywood hills basement.

 

You sure you were looking at the right crater!!? lol...

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/feat...new_crater.html

 

Cabeus http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/observation.htm

 

QUESTION!

Does this rocket include sensory equipment, or are we just firing off missles at planets that create 10km wide craters and we use visual techniques to see wud up?

I'm hoping it's the second thing I said, 'cause I think it would be awesome to think we're that unscientific. Like throwing a huge rock at a window to see what type of glass it is made of. Awesome.

 

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/0909...-discovery.html

The first rocket's job was to create a huge plume of moon dust rising above the surface, while the second stage was to come in behind that and use it's many onboard sensors to test the dust for, among other things, water!

And trust me, I don't think we're going to spend all that money to see an explosion. That's what Iraq was for.

Oops

 

This is really going to piss off the aliens living on the moon!

 

 

I assisted in the design change for the catbed sensor's on that vehicle