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A large fresh lunar crater raises questions for future bases

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The newsletter reports the largest fresh lunar crater observed since 2009 and connects the finding to planning for lunar bases.

Reporting date: 2026-10-03 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to October 3, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)
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Indexed from Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross’s October 3, 2026 newsletter. Linked-source claims have not been independently verified.

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A large fresh lunar crater raises questions for future bases
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-10-03
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-10-03-lunar-crater
Claim: The newsletter reports the largest fresh lunar crater observed since 2009 and connects the finding to planning for lunar bases.
Attributed sources:
- Welcome to October 3, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-october-3-2026
- Source linked by the October 3 issue — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/science/space/what-a-massive-new-crater-means-for-future-moon-bases.html
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