ππ»ββοΈ TIL: ππͺ¨ A lunar #meteorite called Northwest #Africa 12593 preserves evidence of three impacts, including one 3.5 billion years ago that melted #lunar rock.
University of #Colorado #Boulder researchers linked the blast to similar impacts on #Earth and #asteroid #Vesta when #life was first appearing here.
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Stern also said that the initial capability would be to land at nearside sites up to 75Β° latitude in either hemisphere, with longer stays and polar and farside site capabilities added later.
A more serious effort commenced with a workshop held at LPI in October 2013. I attended it, with a poster. It happened during one of those periodic US government shutdowns so some folk were only on screen. Lots of sites were discussed.
#moon #goldenspike
One reward for participating in the Indiegogo event was to choose a landing area from a list of eight: Aristarchus, Copernicus, Davy crater chain, Marius Hills, SchrΓΆterβs Valley, Tycho, Plato and Dionysius, and the winner was Aristarchus. I don't know how the list was compiled.
Stern said at LPSC in 2013 that a Russian response to the Golden Spike concept had been that they could land by one of their old landers, and NASA suggested the same later.
#moon #goldenspike
Nice evening to see the planetary parade with a crescent moon.