Whitepaper #090 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: Mercury and/or the Moon
by Sarah Valencia, Natalie Curran, Jessica Flahaut, Juliane Gross, Cameron M. Mercer, Daniel P. Moriarty, III, Clive R. Neal, Noah E. Petro, Tabb C. Prissel, Ryan N. Watkins, and Wajiha Iqbal
Published onMar 18, 2021
High Priority Returned Lunar Samples
It has been 50 years since the Apollo and Luna missions returned lunar samples and there are outstanding questions can only be addressed by detailed investigations on new samples returned from the Moon. Here we make the case for new sample return missions to the Moon and detail what samples are most needed to answer outstanding science questions.
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