Flying to the moon is getting back on trend: NASA's astronauts are preparing to land on the South Pole, where they will hunt ice, grow plants and will listen to moonquakes.
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“The Moon started out around ten times closer to the Earth than it is now,” reveals the researcher. “Imagine looking up at the night sky and seeing the Moon 10 times bigger.”suggest the Moon could even have been 12-19 times closer, at a distance of just 20,000-30,000 km, compared to 384,000 km today. And it is still spinning away. “Because of a transfer of energy from the rotation and tidal bulges of the Earth, the Moon gets 3.78cm further away each year,” added Massey.
The Lunar Dielectric Analyzer will measure the regolith’s ability to propagate an electric field, which is a key parameter in the search for lunar volatiles, especially ice. It will collect essential information about the structure of the Moon’s subsurface, monitor dielectric changes caused by the changing angle of the Sun as the Moon rotates, and look for possible frost formation or ice deposits.
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