Based on the coordinates, can you spot these three candidates in the background image of the Far Side?
(Daedalus will be hard to see, but it's right smack in the middle... farthest from Earth!)
100km crater Daedalus (5oS, 178oE)
50km crater Aitken (17oS, 173oE)
100km crater Tsiolkovsky (20oS, 129oE -probably
not far enough to the farside)
Lunar Giant Basin Sample Return (JPL)
Sample Return Mission to the South Pole Aitken Basin [pdf] (Duke et al 1999)
South Pole Aitken Basin Sample Return Mission [pdf] (Duke 2000)
South Pole Aitken Basin Sample Return (2001/12)
New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy (2002)
Moon's Malapert Mountain seen as Ideal Site for Lunar Lab
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