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Twelve men have walked on the moon. And now you can, too. Virtually, that is. Because planetary researchers are enlisting1 everyday citizens in scientific exploration of the surface of the moon.
At the Web site moonzoo.org, you can check out new high-resolution images taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter Camera. And the team at Citizen Science Alliance, based at Oxford2 University, says you’ll then be one of the first to see the moon’s surface in what they call unprecedented3 detail.
This lunar project is a spin-off of the popular Galaxy4 Zoo, which has gotten more than 250,000 people around the world involved in actual astronomical5 research. For the moon exploration effort, you might, for example, count craters6 as you stroll. The researchers say that’s important because it can help them determine the age and depth of the lunar surface. Newer craters could give them clues about recent meteor impacts—and hints about what might be in store for us on Earth. And remember the podcast from April 27th, about a Soviet7 reflector found on the moon’s surface after forty years? Who knows what strange object you might find. That’s at moozoo.org.
1 enlisting | |
v.(使)入伍, (使)参军( enlist的现在分词 );获得(帮助或支持) | |
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2 Oxford | |
n.牛津(英国城市) | |
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3 unprecedented | |
adj.无前例的,新奇的 | |
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4 galaxy | |
n.星系;银河系;一群(杰出或著名的人物) | |
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5 astronomical | |
adj.天文学的,(数字)极大的 | |
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6 craters | |
n.火山口( crater的名词复数 );弹坑等 | |
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7 Soviet | |
adj.苏联的,苏维埃的;n.苏维埃 | |
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