Today the LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite) is supposed to launch on an Atlas-V rocket, along with the LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter). LCROSS is specifically designed to check for water in shadowed craters at the lunar south pole. (Artist’s conception of LCROSS approach to the moon, from http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/. … Continue reading LCROSS, and the Hazards of Writing Near-Future Science Fiction