h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Being a romantic sort, I like looking at the moon through my battered old binoculars of a clear night. I've always been fascinated by the craters that cover it's surface because I've often wondered what it looked like when the meterorites hit the lunar surface. It should, I suppose, have been obvious that someone must have witnessed this in history and recorded it in their own way.

The sad thing for romantic sorts (like you and me) is that the evidence suggests that these individuals didn't actually see a lunar impact.

I know that now, having read the article a bit more but they evidently saw something.

And surely with all those craters there must have been an impact some time in human history?

should I be a total wet blanket and say " the vast majority of those craters are about three billion years old" and follow with a bunch of mathematics? No, I think I'll say "somebody must have seen something. Not necessarily -- hold on, I just remembered something. Let's see if I can find the link. Here it is: video from 1999: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast22nov99%5F1.htm

I guess I don't have to be a wet blanket.