Moon's Malapert Mountain Ideal for Lunar Lab# Astronomy - 天文
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By Leonard David
Senior Space Writer
posted: 07:00 am ET
26 March 2002
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO – Two sharp-eyed investigators using radar astronomy
imagery and photos of the Moon snapped by the U.S. Defense Department’s
Clementine orbiter have pinpointed the best place to help kick-start a 21st
century program of lunar exploration and utilization.
The site, Malapert Mountain, is located 76 miles (122 kilometers) from the
Moon’s South Pole. (For those not Moon-map impaired, the mountain is locate
Senior Space Writer
posted: 07:00 am ET
26 March 2002
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO – Two sharp-eyed investigators using radar astronomy
imagery and photos of the Moon snapped by the U.S. Defense Department’s
Clementine orbiter have pinpointed the best place to help kick-start a 21st
century program of lunar exploration and utilization.
The site, Malapert Mountain, is located 76 miles (122 kilometers) from the
Moon’s South Pole. (For those not Moon-map impaired, the mountain is locate