Hi and welcome to Settle the Solar System, a Lunar Homestead podcast.

This episode covers Selenology 102 - Selenological periods and timeline. I'll take you from the Big Bang to the Moon you can see tonight.

The Subscriber Question of the Week is "How does the Moon affect the tides and why is it important?".

• [00:00] - Intro
• [01:09] - Disclaimers
• [03:27] - Universe timeline
• [05:14] - Solar system timeline
• [08:12] - Pre-Nectarian Period
• [11:34] - Newsletter reminder
• [12:19] - Nectarian Period
• [14:14] - Imbrian Period
• [17:35] - Eratosthenian Period
• [20:08] - Copernican Period
• [22:12] - Subscriber Question - How does the Moon affect the tides and why is it important?
• [25:13] - Outro

• Lunar dates are just estimates at this point. We need more data and samples to tighten them up.
• Luna was formed 4.56 billion years ago.
• The Selenological timeline has 5 Periods defined by impact events and crater age.
• Most of the Lunar maria were formed in the Imbrian Period.
• We are currently in the Copernican Period.
• Luna could be responsible for all life on Earth.

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Next week's episode will dive into the Lunar Homestead Shielded Pressurized Oxygen Resource Extraction (SPORE) concept. The title is SPORE - Shielded and will cover the shielded component of SPORE. What it is, how we'll build it, and why it's a better than the other option. Let's start digging into actual Frontier-Enabling Tech!

And answer the question "What is an Independent Scientist?".

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