Lunar Resources

• Published in: Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
• Main Authors: Crawford, Ian, A, Anand, Mahesh, Barber, Simeon, Cowley, Aidan, Crites, Sarah, Fa, Wenzhe, Flahaut, Jessica, Gaddis, Lisa, R, Greenhagen, Ben, Haruyama, Junichi, Hurley, Dana, Mcleod, Claire, L, Morse, Andrew, Neal, Clive, R, Sargeant, Hannah, Sefton-Nash, Elliot, Tartèse, Romain
• Other Authors: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences UCL/Birkbeck, Birkbeck College University of London, School of Physical Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, European Astronaut Centre - ESA/EAC (GERMANY), Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Sagamihara (JAXA), School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Peking University Beijing, Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston (LPI), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD (APL), Miami University Ohio (MU), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Science Notre Dame (CEEES), University of Notre Dame Indiana (UND), ESA - ESTEC (Netherlands), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Manchester (EES), University of Manchester Manchester, APR CNES
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: Apollo Program; Apollo 11; Electrolysis; Exploration; Ilmenite; KREEP; Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter; Lunar samples; Major elements; Metal ores; Mineral resources; Minor elements; Moon; Oxides; Reduction; Remote sensing; South Pole-Aitken Basin; Surface water; Trace elements; Volatiles; Lunar resources; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Aitken; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04663720; https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2023.89.19

International audience It has long been recognised that the Moon has the potential to play a pivotal role in the development of a future space-faring civilisation. Here, we present a geological and geographical inventory of potential lunar resources, together with a discussion of future work that will be required to improve our knowledge of this inventory, with emphasis on developments that have occurred in the last twenty years.