În colaborare cu NASA şi cu Institutul Lunar Planetary, Agenţia de Geologie din SUA (USGS) a reuşit să creeze cea mai detaliată hartă geologică a Lunii.
Această nouă hartă digitală, intitulată „Unified Geologic Map of the Moon”, este făcută la o scară de 1:5.000.000 şi folosește date adunate în ultimii 50 de ani.
Pentru crearea sa, geologii au folosit datele strânse din misiunile Apollo, dar și cele obținute de orbitorul lunar al NASA și de sonda SELENE, lansată de agenţia spaţială japoneză în perioada 2007-2009.
Noua hartă este punctul culminant al unui proiect de zeci de ani şi oferă informații vitale pentru noi studii științifice
Corey Fortezzo, geologul USGS
Harta va fi utilă şi pentru viitoarele misiuni ale NASA pe Lună. Agenţia americană are în plan să trimită din nou oameni pe suprafaţa lunară până în 2024, prin misiunea Artemis.
Oamenii au fost întotdeauna fascinați de Lună și de momentul în care am putea reveni acolo. Această hartă îi poate ajuta pe cei de la NASA în planificarea următoarelor misiuni
Jim Reilly, fost astronaut NASA și director al USGS
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