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?
The Apollo astronauts weren't using jackhammers. A hard impact leaving a deep crater and kicking up a lot of debris could tell us a lot about the material a few layers down. What is the importance of that? Beats me. I'm a political science major, for crying out loud. The fact that I know that there is a moon, and that it's not made of cheese, probably puts me ahead of the curve for my cohort.