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Accelerate U.S. lunar exploration with a robotic sample return campaign

Written by  Andrew Petro Wednesday, 05 November 2025 12:00
A lunar sample on display. Credit: NASA

A realistic and cost-effective path for the United States to advance the exploration and development of the moon, and to keep our nation in the forefront of that enterprise, is to dramatically increase robotic exploration efforts and to focus with urgency on a comprehensive campaign to collect and return geologic samples from a wide range […]