Farouk El-Baz

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1979

Abstract

The exploration of the Moon has involved a highly successful nterdisciplinary s approach o solving a number of scientilic problems. It has required the interactions of astronomers to claify surface features; cartographers to nap interesting areas; geologists to unravel the history of the lunar crust; geochemists to decipher ils chemical makeup; geophysicists to establisk its structure; physicists to study the environment; and mathematicians to work with engineers on optimizing the delivery to and from he Moon exploration tools.. Although, to date, the harvest o uar science has nol answered llthe questions posed, it has already given us a much better ha understanding of the Moon and its history. Additionally, the lessons learned from this endeavor have been applied successiully to planetary missions. The: scientific exploration of he Moon has not ended; it continues to this day and plans are being formulated for future lunar missions.

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