• Peppycito
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    3 months ago

    They are from the far side. We haven’t had samples from there.

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        3 months ago

        We… You see… Nobody’s returned samples before, so we can’t just google it. Nobody has the answer to that question

        We have to analyze the samples to say.

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        3 months ago

        These ones are from the far side. The ones we had were from the near side.

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          3 months ago

          Right. So how different are they really? I might not expect much of a different. Maybe gravity has compacted the surface there more? Maybe more crater impacts?

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            3 months ago

            We’re basing our knowledge of what the moon us made of from, like, 8 spots. Having a new sample from so far away will be interesting. Imagine guessing what’s on earth by taking 5 sample from random spots in Canada and then getting a new one from Australia.

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            3 months ago

            The far side of the moon is the side that will see the most asteroid hit I am guessing.