Figure 10-15: R I V U X G
The Regolith Billions of years of bombardment by space debris have pulverized the uppermost layer of the Moon’s surface into powdered rock. This layer, called the regolith, is utterly bone dry. It nonetheless sticks together like wet sand, as shown by the sharp outline of an astronaut’s bootprint.
The Regolith Billions of years of bombardment by space debris have pulverized the uppermost layer of the Moon’s surface into powdered rock. This layer, called the regolith, is utterly bone dry. It nonetheless sticks together like wet sand, as shown by the sharp outline of an astronaut’s bootprint.
(Apollo 11, NASA)