Moon crash: Public yawns, scientists celebrate
Saturday, October 10, 2009 - 03:07
in Astronomy & Space
(AP) -- NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but dazzled. Photos and video of the impact showed little more than a fuzzy white flash.