NASA's first robotic lunar scout has made it safely to the moon on early Tuesday. It's mission is to seek our potential landing sites and hidden water ice for future expeditions. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter started it's 40 minutes maneuver to begin orbiting the moon. These will be the first unmanned moon shots since 1998. A LRO project scientist leader said that they are here to stay on the moon and not to look past it. The orbiter cost around 504 million dollars and was launched on June 18th. The probe will spend at least a year mapping the moon. This is huge new for people wishing for more Mars focus because a lot of money and time is being invested in even more lunar travels.
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