"If you have nothing to do on Friday, October 9, at 7:31AM Eastern/4:31AM Pacific, reserve that spot for some serious space fireworks. At that time you can see how NASA bombs the Moon from orbit..."
"The Cabeus crater was selected because it's likely to show definitive proof of water in the moon, based on the information from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Prospector, Chandrayaan-1, and JAXA's Kaguya spacecraft. The bombing is designed to measure the proportion of water—ice to dust ratio—in lunar regolith"
"The effects of the impact—a plume projected to be thirty miles high—will be observable from Earth using telescopes larger than 10 inches."
http://gizmodo.com/5376774/how-to-watch-the-moon-bombing-in-real-time
I know they are doing this to look for water but I've read too much SciFi to think this is a good idea. Didn't Thundarr the Barbarian show us that bad things happen when the moon is damaged?
"The Cabeus crater was selected because it's likely to show definitive proof of water in the moon, based on the information from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Prospector, Chandrayaan-1, and JAXA's Kaguya spacecraft. The bombing is designed to measure the proportion of water—ice to dust ratio—in lunar regolith"
"The effects of the impact—a plume projected to be thirty miles high—will be observable from Earth using telescopes larger than 10 inches."
http://gizmodo.com/5376774/how-to-watch-the-moon-bombing-in-real-time
I know they are doing this to look for water but I've read too much SciFi to think this is a good idea. Didn't Thundarr the Barbarian show us that bad things happen when the moon is damaged?