Our favorite holiday gift? A box of Apollo moon soil
Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 09:20
in Astronomy & Space
Fortunately for today's scientists, Apollo-era leaders had the foresight to save much of the 842 pounds (382 kilograms) of Moon soil and rocks retrieved by NASA astronauts 50 years ago for future generations. They figured new crops of scientists, using instruments of their time, would be able to probe the samples with unprecedented rigor.