THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH IS RELEVANT TO NASA'S EMERGING WORLDS PROGRAM. AS STATED IN GUIDELINES "RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF 'EMERGING WORLDS' AIMS TO ANSWER THE FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE QUESTION OF HOW THE SOLAR SYSTEM FORMED AND EVOLVED" AND "RELEVANT WORK ON APOLLO SAMPLES MAY BE SUBMITTED TO EMERGING WORLDS." OUR PROPOSED STUDY WILL FOCUS ON NEW APPROACHES IN STUDYING MELT INCLUSIONS AND MINERALS IN APOLLO SAMPLES TO CHARACTERIZE THE BUDGET OF VOLATILES ACQUIRED BY THE EARLY PRIMORDIAL MOON AND USING THE INFORMATION TO CONSTRAIN THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE MOON.

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