US to Bomb Moon – It’s Official The Nation is Crazy

I admit, the title is a little misleading. NASA is not really going to bomb the moon, rather they are just going to smash a billion dollar spacecraft into it.

On Friday, October 9, at 7:31AM Eastern/4:31AM Pacific, NASA is going to launch an Atlas 5 rocket headed to the moon which will blast Centaur (the upper stage of the Atlas 5 rocket) towards the Cabeus crater at 5,600 MPH. Surprisingly all of this drama will only create a crater the size of a football field. Not exactly like in the movies.

Like most people, you are most likely wondering, why does NASA want to smash an expensive spacecraft into the moon to create a little crater. Well, when they smash the spacecraft into the moon it will create a plume projected to be thirty miles high which will be visible from from another spacecraft travelling through the debris field. NASA will then measure the proportion of water—ice to dust ratio—in lunar regolith. This is all to see how much water is on the Moon. NASA choose the Cabeus crater because it is most likely to show definitive proof of water on the Moon.

If you want to watch NASA bomb the moon there are three ways to do it:

Attend one of the many public events organized by observatories throughout the country. You can see a list of events here.

• Watch NASA TV, which will broadcast the event.

• Use Slooh, the site that lets you control telescopes around the world.

Lets just hope that this does not obliterate the moon.