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The scientific rationale for deployment of a long-lived geophysical network on the Moon

Renee Weber·Clive Neal·Robert E. Grimm·Matthias Grott·Nick Schmerr·Mark Wieczorek·James D. Williams·Bruce Banerdt·Caroline Beghein·Peter Chi·Douglas Currie·Simone Dell’Agnello·Jared Espley·Raphael Garcia·Ian Garrick-Bethell·Heidi Haviland·Stephen Indyk·Catherine L. Johnson·Taichi Kawamura·Sharon Kedar·Philippe Lognonne·Seiichi Nagihara·Yosio Nakamura·Ceri Nunn·Lillian R. Ostrach·Mark Panning·Noah E. Petro·Matthew A. Siegler·Thomas R. Watters·Kris Zacny·S. Hop Bailey·Maria Banks·Donald Barker·Hannes Bernhardt·Valentin Bickel·Joshua T. Cahill·Jackie Clark·Dani DellaGiustina·Jesse-Lee Dimech·Andrew Dombard·Catherine Elder·Lindy Elkins-Tanton·Marshall Eubanks·Kerri L. Donaldson Hanna·Jan Harms·Steve Hauck·Lon Hood·Jose Hurtado·Seth Jacobson·Devanshu Jha·James Tuttle Keane·Amir Khan·Walter Kiefer·Martin Knapmeyer·Brigitte Knapmeyer-Endrun·Krishan Khurana·Juan Manuel Lorenzo·Angela Marusiak·Patrick McGovern·Laurent Montesi·Francis Nimmo·Deanna Phillips·Jacob A. Richardson·Charles Shearer·Krista Soderlund·Sean C. Solomon·Tilman Spohn·Eleonore Stutzmann·Sonia Tikoo·Slava Turyshev·Dany Waller·Ryuhei Yamada·Maria Zuber
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This white paper focuses on the scientific rationale for deploying a global, long-lived network of geophysical instruments on the surface of the Moon to understand the nature and evolution of the lunar interior from the crust to the core.

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Renee Weber, Clive Neal, Robert E. Grimm, Matthias Grott, Nick Schmerr, Mark Wieczorek, James D. Williams, Bruce Banerdt, Caroline Beghein, Peter Chi, Douglas Currie, Simone Dell’Agnello, Jared Espley, Raphael Garcia, Ian Garrick-Bethell, Heidi Haviland, Stephen Indyk, Catherine L. Johnson, Taichi Kawamura, Sharon Kedar, Philippe Lognonne, Seiichi Nagihara, Yosio Nakamura, Ceri Nunn, Lillian R. Ostrach, Mark Panning, Noah E. Petro, Matthew A. Siegler, Thomas R. Watters, Kris Zacny, S. Hop Bailey, Maria Banks, Donald Barker, Hannes Bernhardt, Valentin Bickel, Joshua T. Cahill, Jackie Clark, Dani DellaGiustina, Jesse-Lee Dimech, Andrew Dombard, Catherine Elder, Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Marshall Eubanks, Kerri L. Donaldson Hanna, Jan Harms, Steve Hauck, Lon Hood, Jose Hurtado, Seth Jacobson, Devanshu Jha, James Tuttle Keane, Amir Khan, Walter Kiefer, Martin Knapmeyer, Brigitte Knapmeyer-Endrun, Krishan Khurana, Juan Manuel Lorenzo, Angela Marusiak, Patrick McGovern, Laurent Montesi, Francis Nimmo, Deanna Phillips, Jacob A. Richardson, Charles Shearer, Krista Soderlund, Sean C. Solomon, Tilman Spohn, Eleonore Stutzmann, Sonia Tikoo, Slava Turyshev, Dany Waller, Ryuhei Yamada, Maria Zuber. 2021-03-18. The scientific rationale for deployment of a long-lived geophysical network on the Moon. https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.674dcfdf

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