The New Moon

Recent lunar missions have shown that there is still much to learn about Earth's closest neighbor

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Paul D. Spudisis a staff scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. He earned his Ph.D. in geology from Arizona State University in 1982 and worked for the U.S. Geological Survey's astrogeology branch until 1990. His research has focused on the moon's geologic history and on volcanism and impact cratering on the planets. He has served on numerous committees advising NASA on exploration strategies and is the author of The Once and Future Moon (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996).

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 289 Issue 6This article was published with the title “The New Moon” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 289 No. 6 ()
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