According to NASA the LCROSS mission was designed to search for water on the moon. The LCROSS mission is going to accomplish this by sending a rocket into the moon causing a huge blast and impact creating a crater, throwing tons of potentially water ice and vapor above the lunar surface.
To get a better idea about the project download and watch the mission overview here:
http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/audio/MissionOverview-HQversions.web.mov
Youtube: NASA LCROSS IMPACT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVyEOFfv_lo
Tips and Tricks
How To get the live feed and streaming video from NASA:
Open your Windows Media Player and press CTR+u
Paste the link below:
http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.nasa-global/LCROSS/LCROSS_Lunar_Impact.asx
NASA Public Channel
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1369080&segment=149773
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