The Moon is our closest cosmic neighbor, and yet little is ever said about its geography. Today we're diving deeper into why this is and why this might not be the case forever!
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Sources / Further Reading
https://news.mit.edu/2019/when-lunar-dynamo-ended-0101
https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/MOON/target
https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3168/
https://www.nature.com/articles/115646a0
https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Moon/Geology/Unified_Geologic_Map_of_the_Moon_GIS_v2
https://astropedia.astrogeology.usgs.gov/download/Moon/Geology/thumbs/Unified_Geologic_Map_of_The_Moon_200dpi.jpg
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/exploration/education/hsResearch/moon_101/LunarVolcanism.pdf
http://www.asi.org/adb/m/04/02/volcanic-activity.html
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_15/landing_site/
https://sci.esa.int/web/smart-1/-/39791-lunar-far-side-highlands
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/schenk/RESEARCH/ra.pdf
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Ganymede_USGS_map.jpg
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA09665
https://medium.com/@pionic/the-heat-is-on-new-paper-depicts-nasas-plan-for-a-lunar-station-e6d10198f674
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-research-could-reshape-understanding-of-moon-formation
https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Moon/Clementine/UVVIS/Lunar_Clementine_UVVIS_750nm_Global_Mosaic_118m_v2
https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Moon/LMMP/LOLA-derived/Lunar_LRO_LOLA_ClrShade_Global_128ppd_v04
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=10930
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo15.html
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Artists-rendition-of-a-future-lunar-mining-operation-Image-JAXA_fig38_342065392
https://www.businessinsider.com/rocket-factory-moon-base-nasa-plan-2016-4
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https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a32253706/history-moon-mining/
https://www.popsci.com/elements-mine-on-the-moon/