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The Head of NASA Is Being Awfully Catty About China's Amazing New Moon Samples (futurism.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

So how different are the samples from what we have today?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

We... You see... Nobody's returned samples before, so we can't just google it. Nobody has the answer to that question

We have to analyze the samples to say.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

These ones are from the far side. The ones we had were from the near side.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Right. So how different are they really? I might not expect much of a different. Maybe gravity has compacted the surface there more? Maybe more crater impacts?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

So how different are they really?

This is what they want to research.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

We're basing our knowledge of what the moon us made of from, like, 8 spots. Having a new sample from so far away will be interesting. Imagine guessing what's on earth by taking 5 sample from random spots in Canada and then getting a new one from Australia.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

The far side of the moon is the side that will see the most asteroid hit I am guessing.