Impact craters as probes into planetary crusts and prospect for resources

该项目旨在研究澳大利亚撞击坑遗址的地壳结构，火星上的撞击坑形态，并扩大我们对太阳系起源的理解。该项目可以将知识从地球内外的撞击坑地点的勘探转移到开发。这些成果包括限制澳大利亚潜在的经济矿藏（如贵金属、碳氢化合物、水）以及火星上是否存在水。该项目在实际应用于发现隐藏在澳大利亚陨石坑记录中的资源时，可以提供重大的国家经济效益。在国际上，澳大利亚将参与未来的空间探索努力。

The project aims to investigate the structure of earth’s crust in Australian impact crater sites, impact crater morphologies on Mars, and expand our understanding of the origins of our solar system. The project could transfer knowledge from exploration to exploitation at impact crater sites, on and off Earth. The outcomes include placing constraints on potential economic deposits (such as precious metals, hydrocarbons, water) in Australia and the presence of water on Mars. The project could provide significant national economic benefits when applied in practice to discovering resources hidden in the Australian cratering record. Internationally, Australia would participate in future space exploration endeavours.