According to a an article in the September 2, 2011 issue of Science magazine(“NASA to Launch Guidelines to Protect Lunar Artifacts”, by Lucas Laursen),cogniscent of the historic and scientific value of lunar sites containing artifacts from early space missions, NASA has drawn up heritage preservation guidelines that it hopes will be used by the privately funded lunar missions that will land near the sites in the future. Might the day be near at hand when a conservator accompanies a mission?
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Former Blog of the American Institute for Conservation