NASA switches lunar crater target for LCROSS

Scientists working on NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) have decided to target an older crater near the moon’s south pole for their impact study. Original plans called for the mission to send its spent upper stage crashing into the eternally dark floor of the Shackleton...

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