In Which I Geek Out On Yet Another NASA Mission - To The Moon!

I'm sad Endeavor's now not going to fly

Until next month, but consolation's had:

An Atlas 5 will streak into the sky

This time tomorrow, leave from the launch pad

With two unmanned craft, destination Moon!

The L-R-O will write the Baedeker,

While LCROSS seeks for water and, real soon,

Will land upon the Lunar South Pole, her

Objective to seek out some water ice

That we've long thought a crater there might hold,

Safe from the sun and enough to suffice

For starting a manned base there in the cold

And hostile, airless world that's Luna. I'll

Watch with eagerness, a Lunaphile!