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	Future Moon Base Site Imaged in 3-D

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9-26-2008 2:18 PM

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9-26-2008 3:30 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bdc737cc-3a94-4b84-b8f0-8040087b1f22/184CE8EB-EE54-4F68-B7D0-291252F29495/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/26/future-moon-base-site-imaged-in-3-d/" href="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/26/future-moon-base-site-imaged-in-3-d/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.universetoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/26/future-moon-base-site-imaged-in-3-d/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.universetoday.com/img/A254B49F-BD72-419E-A65E-85ECE32BEFED" alt="Potential Moon Base? Credit: ESA/SMART-1/Space-X (Space Exploration Institute)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/26/future-moon-base-site-imaged-in-3-d/">Scientifically speaking, where is the best place on the Moon to set up a colony for research?   Hands down, it has to be the Moon's south pole.  Mountainous areas near the rim of Shackelton Crater provide areas of almost continual sunlight, meaning solar power would be constantly available.  In addition, the shadowed craters are in constant darkness and may hold water ice, a potential water supply that would be a vital resource for any lunar base.  Plus it would be a <A href="http://www.universetoday.com/2005/01/28/a-pristine-view-of-the-universe-from-the-moon/">great place to set up a lunar telescope. </A> Recently, three-dimensional views of this region were released by the European Space Agency, taken by the SMART-1 spacecraft, providing unprecedented details of what has been called the "Peak of Eternal Light."   Moon base designers, take a look…</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/26/future-moon-base-site-imaged-in-3-d/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.universetoday.com/img/76620639-A9BC-4135-BF10-AB42EFC03AF1" alt="Mosaic from the Clementine mission of lunar south pole showing possible landing sites. The "Peak of Eternal Light is marked in red. Credit: PJ Stooke  " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/26/future-moon-base-site-imaged-in-3-d/">This image from the Clementine mission shows seven possible colony sites on the Moon's south pole. Circled in red the highest mountain, the so-called "Peak of Eternal Light."
</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/26/future-moon-base-site-imaged-in-3-d/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.universetoday.com/img/94AB9C1E-0193-4424-A152-C701F8F7FC64" alt="View of “Peak of Eternal Light”.  The Shackleton Crater is just off the image on the right hand side.  Potential landing site 4 from the Clementine mosaic is on the left hand ridge of the peak.  The small crater in the centre of the image is about 1 kilometre across. Credit: ESA/SMART-1/Space-X (Space Exploration Institute)  " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/26/future-moon-base-site-imaged-in-3-d/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.universetoday.com/img/4D33D629-BDE6-472C-9952-063F8589ADF5" alt="View of “Peak of Eternal Light” from the rim of the Shackleton Crater. The peak is along the ridge in the centre of the image. The possible landing sites 1 & 2 from the Clementine mosaic are in the bottom right hand corner of the image. Credit: ESA/SMART-1/Space-X (Space Exploration Institute)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/26/future-moon-base-site-imaged-in-3-d/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.universetoday.com/img/753CA0E1-0302-4D40-B1B4-6939C030D6F2" alt="Digital elevation map. Credit: ESA/SMART-1/Space-X (Space Exploration Institute" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/26/future-moon-base-site-imaged-in-3-d/">Who's ready to go?</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/184CE8EB-EE54-4F68-B7D0-291252F29495/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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