NASA Set to Crash Spacecrafts into Moon

A 2,200 kg NASA rocket stage will be first to collide, hurling debris high above the lunar surface. Photo by spacegizmo.livingdazed.com

NASA is set to crash two unmanned spacecraft into the Moon in a bid to detect the presence of water-ice.

A 2,200 kg rocket stage will be first to collide, hurling debris high above the lunar surface.

A second spacecraft packed with science instruments will analyse the contents of this dusty cloud before meeting a similar fate.

The identification of water-ice in the impact plume would be a major discovery, scientists say.

Not least because a supply of water on the Moon would be a vital resource for future human exploration, the BBC reported.

The existence of water-ice in permanently shadowed craters at the lunar poles had previously been postulated by scientists, but never confirmed.

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