More news from New Scientist about scientist's attempt to find water on the moon by smashing it with a rocket.
Weeks before NASA's LCROSS mission crashed into the moon, some scientists involved with the mission were predicting very little, if anything, would be seen from the impact – despite a well publicised observing campaign.
Others now say the $79 million mission was ill conceived and will not deliver a meaningful result even if it manages to find evidence for water on the moon.
LCROSS ended on Friday morning when a two-tonne Centaur rocket hit the floor of a perpetually shadowed crater near the lunar south pole.
