Future Lunar Missions: the Need for Future Science Observations at the Lunar Surface

In the next few years, several opportunities are underway to take new science
observations of the Moon. NASA’s novel Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program seeks to acquire delivery services from 14 US companies. Nine funded task orders have been selected with payloads from multiple disciplines. Here we review the upcoming geophysical
CLPS payloads and their measurement objectives then we provide a review of the Lunar Geophysical Network
mission in development for a future opportunity to fly to the lunar surface.