Show Rock 13 Scientists have recently determined determined determined de de- de- de that one of the rocks from the moon brought back backby backby backby by astronauts on the Apollo 12 space voyage is 46 billion years ears old This is from Crom the scientific standpoint exciting news UNTIL THIS discovery no moon rocks had been recovered which were as old as the oldest earth rocks about 46 or 47 billion years This discovery then seems to indicate the possibility possibility possibility pos pos- firmly that the moon and earth were formed at about the same time To the average working man and woman more concerned with this Fridays Friday's pay check checkor or the price of oC beefsteak than the age of oC Rock 13 the news is not earthshaking BUT TO scientists trying to determine with convincing evidence evidence evi evi- evidence dence how our earth and other nearh nearby planets were formed and when this is a significant significant significant cant discovery which hints that the moon could have been beena a part of oC the earth |