This story landed in my in box this morning: a story of NASA’s plans to experimentally bomb a crater on the moon along with an empassioned call to action for healers everwhere to send protective energy the moon’s way.  It may be haunting me all day.

The vision of the moon being intentionally bombed for science sake, illicits a feeling of what it could feel like to be assaulted. I like so many have a deep attachment to the moon as far more than the celestial body that reflects the light of the Sun and waxes and wanes from view.  It reflects my inner landscape.

As I walked outside last evening to take in the waxing crescent moon that will appear full by October  3rd,  I found myself wondering is there no place man will not go, if he can?  Is there no territory man as a species will not attempt to dominate and control?

Water is a precious commodity. At a most basic level daily living depends on it. We cannot survive without it. We harness it on Earth to create power and produce sustenance. And now NASA seeks to determine if ever we can harness the water on the moon for our own purposes as well.

To envision the moon as a “rest stop” for future NASA missions is a notion I resist wrapping my head around. Is being able to first bomb the moon for the sake of then using it to support further space travel, deeper into space, really a sign of progress?

I for one am marking my calendar to participate in sending “LIGHT” the moon’s way on this date.

THIS IS *NOT* AN EVENT TO ATTEND. IT’S A VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITY.

Starting Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 10:00pm

Ending Friday, October 9th at 7:00am

CALLING ALL SPIRITUAL PEOPLE ACROSS THE EARTH: NASA plans to bomb the moon on October 9th… For the Shamans and Dreamers, Astral Travelers, Remote viewers, Medicine People of all Cultures and Colors: Set your intention to do some shape-shifting and focus in our dreams, dreaming, dreamtime walking, to work on the deflection of such destruction of Grandmother moon who guides our ocean tides and have been linked with mother and grandmother stories for thousands of years, and our menses cycles were once aligned to the moon at its full stage meaning women were in harmony with each other. To the Light Workers, Prayer Workers, Energy Healers, Reiki Masters etc: Help us do our unseen work and doing what your gifts are, by sending love and light, image and visualization and prayers to keep the moon safe with a white light shield…. call in all your spirit guides, spirit teachers, god, goddess, ancestral spirits, and your higher self to send the highest good for humanity in relationship to this selfish act. NASA Selects Target Crater for Lunar Impact

PRESS RELEASE 09.11.2009: NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) is racing toward a double-impact on the moon at 7:30 am EDT on Oct. 9th. Today NASA announced exactly where the crash will take place. The target crater is Cabeus A. It was selected after an extensive review of the best places to excavate frozen water at the lunar south pole.

“The selection of Cabeus A was a result of a vigorous debate within the lunar science community. We reviewed the latest data from Earth-based observatories and our fellow lunar missions Kaguya, Chandrayaan-1, and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter,” says Anthony Colaprete, LCROSS project scientist and principle investigator at NASA’s Ames Research Center.

“The team is looking forward to wealth of information this unique mission will produce.” LCROSS will search for ice by plunging its spent upper-stage Centaur rocket into the permanent shadows of Cabeus A, where water might be trapped in frozen form. The LCROSS satellite will then fly into the plume of debris kicked up by the impact and measure the properties of the plume before it also collides with the lunar surface.

The LCROSS team selected Cabeus A based on a set of conditions that includes favorable illumination of the debris plume for visibility from Earth, where astronomers will be watching closely. Cabeus A also has a high concentration of hydrogen (a constituent of water, H2O) and favorable terrain such as a flat floor, gentle slopes and the absence of large boulders.

Professional astronomers will use many of Earth’s most capable observatories to monitor the impacts. These observatories include the Infrared Telescope Facility and Keck telescope in Hawaii; the Magdalena Ridge and Apache Ridge Observatories in New Mexico and the MMT Observatory in Arizona; the newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope; and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, among others.

Amateur astronomers can monitor the impact, too. Observing tips may be found here. “Telescopes participating in the LCROSS Observation Campaign will provide observations from different vantage points using different types of measurement techniques,” says Jennifer Heldmann, lead for the LCROSS Observation Campaign at Ames. “These multiple observations will complement the LCROSS spacecraft data to help determine whether or not water ice exists in Cabeus A.”

During a media briefing Sept. 11, Daniel Andrews, LCROSS project manager at Ames, provided a mission status update: The spacecraft is healthy and has enough fuel to successfully accomplish all mission objectives. Andrews also announced the dedication of the LCROSS mission to the memory of legendary news anchor, Walter Cronkite, who provided coverage of NASA’s missions from the beginning of America’s manned space program to the age of the space shuttle.

The LCROSS mission has been dedicated to the memory of Walter Cronkite, who covered NASA missions from Mercury through the space shuttle.  ”Dad would sure be proud to be part, if just in name, of getting humans back up to the moon and beyond,” says Chip Cronkite, son of the famed news anchor. “We’re looking forward to October 9th,” Andrews says. “The next 28 days will undoubtedly be very exciting.” Cabeus A, here we come!