NASA: Return to the Moon

So NASA did their big bash into the moon -- unfortunately they didn't get the big 'bang' that they had hoped for.

They had hoped for a large plume as the rocket plunged into the southern pole ... they are hoping that the problem as to why they didn't see a huge plume was because the cameras on the tracking satellite were simply misaligned and they missed seeing the plume, or that the plume wasn't as big as they thought it would be ... they really are hoping that the rocket/satellite combo didn't plunge head on into a giant moon boulder -- from that they would get no data, at least nothing useful for what they wanted to know.

Remember that NASA has had so many issues lately that have them being looked at for a large budget cut -- they are on the chopping block ... they really needed this.

Oops!

It will be interesting in a few years, after some of the scientists involved retire, what the truth is behind what happened. My guess is someone changed something they weren't supposed to.