<story><title>Lunar mystery solved by recovery of lost Apollo mission tapes</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/09/us/apollo-moon-landings-study/index.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>lucb1e</author><text>Summary: &amp;quot;raw data on the temperature of the moon&amp;#x27;s surface, as well as a few meters below it, was transmitted from the probes and recorded on magnetic tapes&amp;quot;. Some of the tapes were not correctly archived and were only recently found. The previously available tapes showed that &amp;quot;the moon unexpectedly rose in temperature by 1.8°F to 3.6°F near the probes. The possible reasons for this change were debated by planetary scientists for decades.&amp;quot; Now with the new data, and because &amp;quot;researchers were also able to look at recently acquired images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera over the two landing sites, [t]he only scenario that fits this type of warming is that the astronauts caused it. While they were driving[&amp;#x2F;walking] over the surface, [they] disturbed the moon&amp;#x27;s surface, which is covered in regolith, a layer of dust and debris. Images from the camera show that those paths were darker, which lowered their albedo, or ability to reflect the sun&amp;#x27;s light into space&amp;quot;, thereby absorbing more heat.</text></comment>
<story><title>Lunar mystery solved by recovery of lost Apollo mission tapes</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/09/us/apollo-moon-landings-study/index.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bigiain</author><text>Anthropogenic Lunar Warming!&lt;p&gt;(Humans are the worst...)</text></comment>