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Let me get this right. There are plans to mine the moon and soil samples are still sealed? Really? So, all this mess about mining the moon is nonsense and based only in satellite interpretation. That's Wall Street political hubris for you; billions of US$ are planned to be spent on ventures such as this and the fact is there is not a clue to what awaits on the moon or otherwise. The space images are a good guess, but, not conclusive.
They don't know what they are doing!
March 5, 2018
By Leonard David
Between 1969 and 1972, (click here) Apollo astronauts brought back to Earth a total of nine containers of moon material that were sealed on the lunar surface.
Two of the larger sealed samples were collected by Apollo 17 moonwalkers in December 1972. Three sealed samples from Apollo 15, 16 and 17 remain unopened.
According to several key lunar researchers, now is the right time to consider opening at least one of the still-sealed sample containers....
