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Lunar surface operations

The engineering discipline concerned with operating rovers, landers, habitats and other hardware on the Moon, including environmental hazards such as dust, thermal cycling and impact ejecta.

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A routine data-quality check turned up the solar system's largest fresh crater 15 months late

The 2024 strike that punched a 222-metre hole in the Moon slipped past every telescope on Earth and in orbit. It was found by comparing orbiter images months afterwards, and NASA now wants to know what its debris could hit.

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Builder 40%
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Operator 45%
Investor
Investor 15%

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Evidence80
Adoption45
Hype gap+15
Incentives55
Confidence74