ИСТИНА

An imaging survey of the Moon with a resolution ~0.5 m by the LROC NAC cameras onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter [1] allowed us to identify ~3200 scarps in the lunar highlands probably formed by young (<50-100 Ma) thrust faults [2-4]; these discoveries have significantly changed our understanding of the post-mare geological history of the Moon. Here we describe several such thrust faults in the South Pole area of the Moon, which is of special interest as a location where Russian missions Luna-Glob (Luna-25) and Luna-Resource (Luna-27) will land in the near future [e.g., 5-8]. In the more distant future there are plans to build a habitable lunar base [e.g., 9].