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Footprints left on the Moon will last for millions of years
Without wind or water erosion Apollo astronaut tracks remain undisturbed
Because the Moon lacks a substantial atmosphere, it experiences no weather, wind or liquid water flow to erode its surface features. As a result, the boot prints left behind by Apollo astronauts in the lunar dust will remain preserved for millions of years, slowly degraded only by faint micrometeoroid impacts.
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Footprints left on the Moon will last for millions of years: the short answers
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- Without wind or water erosion Apollo astronaut tracks remain undisturbed. The figure is taken from Smithsonian Institution, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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