Re:A Geologic map of the Entire Moon has Been Released at 1:...
by defrost on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @08:54AM
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> But be warned! The file is 150 MB.
ie. It's not all that detailed per unit area compared to mineral exploration maps of this planet where, for example, one large transnational has a 16 TB database just of global soil geochemistry data alone.
The practical purpose here is asa framework for even more detailed work that can lead to sufficient information to begin moon based bootstrap operations of the future that source specific minerals from the surface rather than bringing them up the gravity well from earth.
Other knowledge that can build on this is improved understanding of solar system formation and whether detail here supports of undercuts existing ideas about impact history and earth | moon formation.
The objects that have impacted th moon and left their trace in ejecta and craters tell a story about material accrection in other parts of the solar system.
ie. It's not all that detailed per unit area compared to mineral exploration maps of this planet where, for example, one large transnational has a 16 TB database just of global soil geochemistry data alone.
The practical purpose here is asa framework for even more detailed work that can lead to sufficient information to begin moon based bootstrap operations of the future that source specific minerals from the surface rather than bringing them up the gravity well from earth.
Other knowledge that can build on this is improved understanding of solar system formation and whether detail here supports of undercuts existing ideas about impact history and earth | moon formation.
The objects that have impacted th moon and left their trace in ejecta and craters tell a story about material accrection in other parts of the solar system.