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  • NASA Priority Artemis Science on Moon To Investigate Mysterious Gruithuisen Domes

    06/03/2022 5:18:25 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 16 replies
    scitechdaily ^ | JUNE 3, 2022 | NASA,
    How did these silicic magmas form on the moon, when silicic volcanoes on Earth typically form in the presence of both water and plate tectonics? The Lunar Vulkan Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer (Lunar-VISE) investigation consists of a suite of five instruments, two of which will be mounted on a stationary lander and three mounted on a mobile rover to be provided as a service by the CLPS vendor. Over the course of 10 Earth days (one lunar day), Lunar-VISE will explore the summit of one of the Gruithuisen Domes. These domes are suspected to have been formed by a sticky...