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Can Spacecraft-Borne Contamination Compromise Our Understanding of #LunarIce Chemistry? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JE009132 -> Lunar spacecraft exhaust could obscure clues to origins of life: https://news.agu.org/press-release/lunar-spacecraft-exhaust-could-obscure-clues-to-origins-of-life/ - exhaust methane could travel pole-to-pole in under two lunar days, half of it settling in regions potentially harboring original ingredients of earthly life.