NASA is set to crash two unmanned spacecraft into the Moon in a bid to detect the presence of water-ice.

A 2,200kg rocket stage will be first to collide, hurling debris high above the lunar surface.

A second spacecraft packed with science instruments will analyse the contents of this dusty cloud before meeting a similar fate.

The identification of water-ice in the impact plume would be a major discovery, scientists say.

Not least because a supply of water on the Moon would be a vital resource for future human exploration. Paul Rincon, BBC.

Isn’t their a better way to discover the presence of water on the moon than smashing it up – it seems nothing more than a piece of gross vandalism – if you’ve ever played a computer game you’ll know that point when you get so frustrated that you just shoot-up everything in sight – it makes you feel better but other than that is futile – which to my mind is exactly what NASA is doing.