The scientific concern regarding lunar exploration involves both direct contamination of impact sites and indirect contamination caused by the release of volatile compounds that could migrate in the lunar exosphere and become cold-trapped in Permanently Shadowed Regions.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  Planetary protection: an international concern and responsibility

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• Planetary protection: an international concern and responsibility www.frontiersin.org Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences via serper

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• Moon location