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To: Captain Beyond
Subtly Shaded Map of Moon Reveals Titanium Treasure Troves

Plenty of reasons to go back to the moon. Hope private enterprise can do it! Cause govt sure won't!

9 posted on 10/27/2011 10:32:37 PM PDT by HeartlandOfAmerica (Geithner: Taxes on 'Small Business' Must Rise So Government Doesn't 'Shrink')
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To: HeartlandOfAmerica

Thaks for the article link. I really like their outside of the box approach to mapping. This is really hot.

Robinson and his team previously developed a technique using Hubble Space Telescope images to map titanium abundances around a small area centred on the Apollo 17 landing site. Samples around the site spanned a broad range of titanium levels. By comparing the Apollo data from the ground with the Hubble images, the team found that the titanium levels corresponded to the ratio of ultraviolet to visible light reflected by the lunar soils.


16 posted on 10/28/2011 11:09:15 PM PDT by Captain Beyond (The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
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