| The weathered minerals of the regolith, together with an admixture of organic matter and water, make up the soil. |
| If people start rejiggering the atmosphere and thawing the regolith, so much the worse. |
| Alteration of the bedrock produces a regolith, the base of which is known as the weathering front. |
| Instead, it would listen for the brief radio-frequency spike caused when one ploughs into the lunar regolith. |
| The next footprints on the lunar regolith were therefore thought likely to be Chinese. |
| They are also learning interesting things about the regolith on the moon, so there are technical and scientific reasons for going. |
