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Will Key Lunar Decadal Objectives be Missed in the Lunar Land Rush?

Whitepaper #367 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: other: Lessons from Apollo

Published onMar 18, 2021
Will Key Lunar Decadal Objectives be Missed in the Lunar Land Rush?

Despite the many billions of dollars spent on Apollo, no polar orbiter was flown, and it was almost by chance that water at the poles was discovered — many years later. Are we about to make similar mistakes in the Artemis Program regarding South Pole Aitken Basic Sample Return and a Global Lunar Geophysical Network? It seems entirely possible.

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