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The mission is not to cause a flash and dust cloud but to search for water. Unfortunately to garner attention from the Medai and others NASA feel the need to 'X-Factor'-ise their operations. NASA appear very happy with the impacts...
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/index.html
The expected flash was always incidental, but the expected 10km high dust plume was pretty vital to the project, since it was an analysis of this dust by the following LCROSS vehicle that was the main point of the mission.
As to NASA being happy with the result, they hardly seem to be over the moon about it...
http://blog.taragana.com/n/nasas-water-hunting-moon-bombing-mission-may-have-hit-a-dry-hole-192348/
As to NASA being happy with the result, they hardly seem to be over the moon about it...
http://blog.taragana.com/n/nasas-water-hunting-moon-bombing-mission-may-have-hit-a-dry-hole-192348/