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The Scientific Legacy of Apollo

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2012-11-30 v1
Authors: Ian A. Crawford
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Abstract

On the 40th anniversary of the last human expedition to the Moon, I review the scientific legacy of the Apollo programme and argue that science would benefit from a human return to the Moon.

Keywords

Apollo programme lunar science human exploration scientific legacy Moon

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@article{arxiv.1211.6768,
  title  = {The Scientific Legacy of Apollo},
  author = {Ian A. Crawford},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.6768},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Article published in the December 2012 issue of the Royal Astronomical Society journal Astronomy and Geophysics

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