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Well hello young ones. Haven't posted in awhile. Been all over and busy.

If you haven't heard about the lunar mission then pay attention.

On June 18th LCROSS & LRO aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida took off to the moon.
Both spacecraft are on missions of lunar discovery, but they have two completely different missions. LCROSS will destroy itself in a collision with the Moon at about 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 9, 2009, creating a debris plume that will be analyzed for the presence of water and hydrocarbons. However, LRO will orbit the Moon at a low altitude of about 31 miles for at least a year. The spacecraft's seven scientific instruments will hunt for water, map the Moon's surface in 3D, assess the radiation environment for future explorers, and much more.

And the really cool thing is. Is that amateur astronomers may be able to observe the destruction of LCROSS with a small telescope.

Here is a link to Nasa.gov about this

CS!