[ReignOfError]

Let me get this straight, a "landing" leaves a crater on the moon. If that's the case than we haven't had many airplane crashes.

But we had a whole lot of unmanned aerial devices that made successful "landings" in Iraq.

Smart 1 successfully finished its mission, the last act of which was to hit as hard and kick up as much ejecta as possible. If it kicked enough dust where the right instruments could see it, a lot of good science could come out of that impact. Don't forget, NASA sent a probe out for the sole purpose of smacking into a comet at full speed, which it did.

[taxesareforever]

If it kicked enough dust where the right instruments could see it, a lot of good science could come out of that impact.

But, but, I thought our manned moon trips brought this stuff back. Also, did this satellite get a photo of the planted U.S. flag in it's almost one year of recon of the moon?