Lunar exploration: opening a window into the history and evolution of the inner Solar System

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作者
Crawford, Ian A. [1 ,2 ]
Joy, Katherine H. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ London Birkbeck Coll, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, London WC1E 7HX, England
[2] UCL Birkbeck, Ctr Planetary Sci, London WC1E 6BT, England
[3] Univ Manchester, Sch Earth Atmospher & Environm Sci, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
来源
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES | 2014年 / 372卷 / 2024期
关键词
lunar exploration; lunar science; Earth-Moon system; origin of the Moon; PLANETARY SCIENCE; HEAVY BOMBARDMENT; SPACE-EXPLORATION; MOON; MISSION; ISOTOPES; SURFACE; ORIGIN; CRUST; EARTH;
D O I
10.1098/rsta.2013.0315
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The lunar geological record contains a rich archive of the history of the inner Solar System, including information relevant to understanding the origin and evolution of the Earth-Moon system, the geological evolution of rocky planets, and our local cosmic environment. This paper provides a brief review of lunar exploration to-date and describes how future exploration initiatives will further advance our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Moon, the Earth-Moon system and of the Solar System more generally. It is concluded that further advances will require the placing of new scientific instruments on, and the return of additional samples from, the lunar surface. Some of these scientific objectives can be achieved robotically, for example by in situ geochemical and geophysical measurements and through carefully targeted sample return missions. However, in the longer term, we argue that lunar science would greatly benefit from renewed human operations on the surface of the Moon, such as would be facilitated by implementing the recently proposed Global Exploration Roadmap.
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