The asteroids hit the surface hard, over and over, and since the Moon has been a solid body for most of its history, their materials stay on or close to the surface.

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It's hard to see any particular reason or purpose in going back to the moon or indeed sending people into space at all.

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Both Moon and board game retailers were were initially worried that digital sales would cannibalize hard-copy sales.

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