The mystery of the Moon

The Moon holds a fascination for us. We may have walked on it, written songs about it, made love under it or planted our crops by it. But our nearest space neighbor remains an enigma. Space.com has the story:

Planet Earth’s natural satellite has got a grip on scientists. The charisma of the Moon is made more so by many unanswered questions, even after Apollo moonwalkers went the distance to study the nearby, crater-pocked globe.

Not only the U.S., but European, Indian, Japanese and Chinese probes are being readied for a new scientific assault on the Moon, hoping to glean insight about lunar ice, the Moon’s cratering history, and even how that big, dusty ball of rock got there in the first place.