NASA will seek water in crater at moon's south pole

Friday, September 11, 2009 - 21:35 in Astronomy & Space

The LCROSS satellite and rocket are to plunge into the surface Oct. 9, stirring up a dust cloud that may contain ice. The find would have major scientific implications and aid future space plans. NASA scientists announced Friday that they had picked a 60-mile-wide crater near the moon's south pole as the place where they will send a rocket to punch a hole...

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