Moon-Based Instruments Could Change How We See Earth

Space scientists are evaluating use of Moon-based instruments to study the Earth.

One early prospect is to inspect the Earth from the Moon to appraise sensitive gear and procedures helpful in spotting Earth-like planets circling other stars. The NASA Advisory Council, or NAC, members are also discussing a Moon-based Earth Observatory that is Internet accessible to the scientific community as well as the public. That Internet link would offer a continuously monitored, hyper-spectral, single frame sight of the whole Earth.