Why Did We Keep Sealed Moon Samples?

Our friends at MinuteEarth just released a new book! To check out “How Did Whales Get So Big?” head to: https://www.minuteearth.com/books/ We’ve been sitting on samples of the lunar surface for decades and, with better technology than when they were taken, we are opening them back up to take another look! Hosted By: Hank Green SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet, Jason A Saslow, Heriberto Bustos, and David Brooks! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/education/_documents/what%20we%27ve%20learned%20about%20the%20moon.pdf [PDF] https://www.lpi.usra.edu/ANGSA/news/ANGSA-Lessons-Learned-Final-September_1_2021.pdf [PDF] https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2021/pdf/lpsc2021_program.htm https://www.jstor.org/stable/30059009 https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article/72/10/1493/5246/devitrification-of-natural-glass https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70013895 https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.5597 http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1971LPSC....2..645C/0000645.000.html https://astronomy.com/news/2019/05/giant-impact-hypothesis-an-evolving-legacy-of-apollo https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/moon-rock-thief-thad-roberts/582757/ https://www.space.com/13878-nasa-apollo-moon-rocks-misplaced-lost-report.html https://www.orlandosentinel.com/space/apollo-11-anniversary/os-ne-apollo-11-what-happened-to-moon-rocks-20190625-nw443tpnsva4zco2x75fzxoftu-story.html https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/strategies/KleinhenzEtAl_NASA-TM-20205008626_ISRU%20MeasurementStudy.pdf [PDF] https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-sofia-discovers-water-on-sunlit-surface-of-moon Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_15_flag,_rover,_LM,_Irwin.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lunar_Regolith_70050_from_Apollo_17_in_National_Museum_of_Natural_History.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasas-exploration-plans-include-living-off-the-land https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_11_Lunar_Core_Sample_10005.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lunar_sample_70017_photo_S73-15720.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist%27s_concept_of_collision_at_HD_172555.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_-_Giant_Impact_Hypothesis_-_Simple_model.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lunar_Olivine_Basalt_15555_from_Apollo_15_in_National_Museum_of_Natural_History.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Moon_Luc_Viatour.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LPnosunm.jpeg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clementine_Deployed.png https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/deep-space-background-gm178149253-24976202 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2CfQV0UCAk https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_11_Moon_rocks_1.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-opens-previously-unopened-apollo-sample-ahead-of-artemis-missions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AFMj66tNfw&t=26s https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-selects-teams-to-study-untouched-moon-samples https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/chain-of-amino-acid-or-bio-molecules-called-protein-3d-illustration-gm1225652892-360843001 https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/10apr_moondustinthewind https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mooncolony.jpg