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A New Map of the Moon


Even during the intense moon explorations of the 1960s, certain areas of the moon remained unmapped. EugeneShoemaker of the Lowell Observatory is head of NASA's science team forthe Clementine Mission. This satellite will map the moon's surface, identifying its chemical composition and looking at the unknown south pole -- a potential site for an earth colony.


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