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Re:A Geologic map of the Entire Moon has Been Released at 1:... by political12345 on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @08:45AM (#32482059)
if we are ever to build cities on the moon, this is a neccessity. Europeans made maps of the american continents even though they only lived on the coast at first
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Re:A Geologic map of the Entire Moon has Been Released at 1:... by ttyprintk on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @09:10AM (#32482271)
I don’t agree; if we are ever to stake claims on the moon, this is a necessity. Those imperial Europeans sought mining investiture and the fountain of youth, to relieve their war budgets. Mapping the moon is not path-dependent on mapping the Americas, but would be interesting if it was.
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Re:A Geologic map of the Entire Moon has Been Released at 1:... by dotancohen on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:03AM (#32483717)
How were the continental interiors mapped?
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Re:A Geologic map of the Entire Moon has Been Released at 1:... by defrost on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @10:48PM (#32491727)
In multiple successive waves, each adding further detail.

eg: Radiometric K-U-Th urface layer contour maps are still being composited for complete coverage of some continents.

[1] https://www.usgs.gov/maps/aerial-gamma-ray-color-contour-map...

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