You read that correctly, to some degree. NASA is planning on impacting the moon with two spacecrafts designed to push up dirt and debris. If successful, the mission will allow NASA to tell whether or not the moon has evidence of water on it. Cool, huh?
The resulting impacts may even be seen by the naked eye! If you have a telescope, all the better. The footage will also be shown live on NASA TV.
But of course, with science, comes the strangest forms of controversy. This article explains the mission in good detail. Near the top of the article, you'll see 'Read' and 'Video' tabs. If you click on the Video tab, two videos will come up. The one called 'Bomb The Moon Follies' tells us all about how various YouTubers see this mission as incredibly dangerous, say it'll mess up the tides, cause mass meteorological damage to earth, and more.
In my opinion, this mission is so cool. (I'll be up early tomorrow watching the broadcast.) What do you think?
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