 | File:Impactglass big.jpg A glass spherule (about 0.6 mm in diameter) produced by a meteorite impact into lunar soil. Features on the surface are glass splashes, welded
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A lunar habitat would need to be protected from meteorite impacts. This requirement is similar to the requirements already in place o
...on with them, as well as an eventual moonbase. The company claims that the meteorite shielding material built into its modules is sufficient for this purpose.
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...objects of a couple hundred tons of mass. Smaller objects are considered [[Meteorite|Meteorites]] or [[Comet Debris]].
==Lunar [[Meteorite]] Hazard==
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...per layers, and that the deposits on the Sinus Aestuum are the result of a meteorite impact blasting away the overburden.
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A small meteorite would hit the top layer of material and explode. Here it is critical to un
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...fair in which his paper claimed fossils of micro-organisms were found in a meteorite. It might be true but the evidence was not widely accepted as being convin
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...be piled atop the structure, providing protection from temperature swings, meteorite impacts, and cosmic radiation for the inhabitants, as well as any electroni
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...on’s interior) or external (forces generated by external objects such as a meteorite impact). Below we will examine the nature and history of these various forc
...jpg|thumb|Figure 5<BR/>Shockwave induced landslides on a crater side wall]]Meteorite impacts create a shock wave that propagates through the lunar surface. If
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Another possible source of lunar ore deposits is meteorite strikes. This is the predominately geologic process on the Moon. One to tw
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