Clive Neal
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
- Lunar petrology (rocks)
- Geochemistry
- Planetary geology
- The moon
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South China Morning Post
May 08, 2025
However, planetary geologist Clive Neal at the University of Notre Dame in the United States suggested that the actual amount of water ice at the lunar south pole could be higher than what this study detected.
Reuters
October 23, 2024
Roughly four U.S. universities have applied for access to the Chang'e-6 samples, according to Nelson. Some of them are believed to have been accepted through the science review phase of China's application process, according to Clive Neal, a University of Notre Dame professor who has been involved in efforts to gain access to moon samples obtained by China.
SpaceNews
September 23, 2024
Two months ago, NASA cancelled VIPER, a science rover mission to the moon’s south pole to explore for water ice. This decision was made despite the fact that the rover is fully built and has completed final testing. As professional lunar scientists and engineers unaffiliated with VIPER, we maintain that the cancellation is a mistake. Clive R. Neal is a professor of lunar exploration at University of Notre Dame.
Space.com
September 04, 2024
It's a lively election year in the United States. Also on the campaign trail, so to speak, is Clive Neal, an expert in lunar exploration and professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame.
The Guardian
August 10, 2024
“Quite frankly, the agency’s decision beggars belief,” said Prof Clive Neal, a lunar scientist at the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana.
Scientific American
July 24, 2024
NASA “is putting lipstick on a pig” with its positive spin on VIPER’s cancellation, adds Clive Neal, a lunar scientist at the University of Notre Dame.
Science
July 19, 2024
But the cancellation of the water-hunting rover, which was meant to ride on a privately developed lunar lander, is also a warning sign about the viability of a far bigger agency effort, its $2.6 billion Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, says Clive Neal, a lunar scientist at the University of Notre Dame. “It’s on the edge right now.”
Ars Technica
July 19, 2024
“It's absurd, to be honest with you," said Clive Neal, a planetary geologist at the University of Notre Dame. "It made no sense to me in terms of the economics. You’re canceling a mission that is complete, built, ready to go. It's in the middle of testing."
The New York Times
June 25, 2024
Clive Neal, a planetary geologist at the University of Notre Dame, called the goals lofty, but he is looking forward to the discoveries that will follow the sample’s return.
Inside Indiana Business
June 07, 2024
The University of Notre Dame has been inducted into the Universities Space Research Association, a consortium of 121 universities that works to advance space-related education and research.
Reuters
April 28, 2024
"International cooperation is key (to lunar exploration)," Clive Neal, professor of planetary geology at the University of Notre Dame, told Reuters. "It's just that China and the U.S. aren't cooperating right now. I hope that will happen."
Nature
January 22, 2024
“In Apollo 16 samples, we found exotic basalts which were most likely ejected from Mare Nectaris,” says Clive Neal, a planetary geologist at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
Science
December 08, 2023
The NASA move “is huge,” says Clive Neal, a lunar scientist at the University of Notre Dame.
Space
December 04, 2023
"This is excellent news as it allows U.S.-based scientists to bring their expertise to investigating these unique lunar samples," said Clive Neal, a leading expert on the moon at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
NBC News
August 25, 2023
Graham Peaslee, who studies PFAS at the University of Notre Dame and was not involved in the new research, said it's possible manufacturers aren't testing for the chemicals in their own products.
Boston Herald
August 23, 2023
“It’s a fantastic achievement for India,” University of Notre Dame Professor Clive Neal told the Herald. “It’s an exciting accomplishment not only for them but for the international community."
BBC News
August 21, 2023
"It is yet to be proven that the water ice is accessible or mineable. In other words, are there reserves of water that can be extracted economically?" Clive Neal, a professor of planetary geology at the US University of Notre Dame, told me.
The Washington Post
January 09, 2023
“The time is now right to take a giant leap by using the moon to learn how to live off the land, thus enabling sustained human presence on Earth while stimulating a new sector of our economy,” Clive Neal, a professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, told the National Space Council in 2019.
Space.com
November 13, 2022
Looking back on the 20th century Apollo era, there are lessons to be re-learned, said Clive Neal, a lunar exploration expert in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
The New York Times
September 16, 2022
New minerals discovered on the moon are not abundant, said Clive Neal, a professor of planetary geology at the University of Notre Dame.
NPR
August 28, 2022
Artemis could change that, says Clive Neal, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and Earth sciences at the University of Notre Dame.
National Geographic
August 23, 2022
For University of Notre Dame lunar scientist Clive Neal, whether Artemis can be considered a success or not depends on the technological benefits that it yields.
Nature
March 15, 2022
“There are a lot of young Chinese researchers getting involved,” says Clive Neal, a geoscientist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, who has worked on Chang’e-5 samples with collaborators in China.
Vanity Fair
October 28, 2021
Clive R. Neal, professor of civil engineering and geological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, describes it this way on NASA鈥檚 website: 鈥淭he moon was ringing like a bell.鈥�
The Daily Beast
October 19, 2021
But Clive Neal, a planetary geologist at the University of Notre Dame, told The Daily Beast it鈥檚 all about properly interpreting the new findings.
Space News
March 26, 2021
Clive Neal, a committee member from the University of Notre Dame, asked if it would be possible to launch Lunar Trailblazer as a co-manifested payload on one of the series of Commercial Lunar Payload Service (CLPS) missions that will be launching to the moon starting late this year.
Space.com
February 13, 2021
Clive Neal, a leading lunar expert at the University of Notre Dame, agrees that, based on the images, the specimens are impact ejecta rather than exposed bedrocks.
Nature
January 05, 2021
鈥淩ight now, we鈥檝e got some scientists saying we can鈥檛 go anywhere near it because we鈥檙e going to ruin it,鈥� says Clive Neal, a geoscientist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.聽
The New York Times
December 16, 2020
鈥淭hey represent a completely different era of lunar history and will definitely help in our quest to understand the evolution of our moon,鈥� wrote Clive R. Neal, a professor of civil engineering and geological sciences at the University of Notre Dame who said he would love a chance to examine the new samples.
CNN
December 04, 2020
"It's important that we balance, moving forward together in a way that will enable this [lunar] economy as well as the science," said Clive Neal, an engineering professor at the University of Notre Dame.
Nature
December 02, 2020
If the mission achieves its goals, it will mark the beginning of a new era of robotic sample returns from the Moon, which will undoubtedly change scientists鈥� understanding of the planetary body, says Clive Neal, a geoscientist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
The Guardian
December 02, 2020
Clive Neal, a geoscientist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, told Nature the lander could crash, topple over, or the samples could fall out as it moves.聽
Business Insider
December 01, 2020
"The moon is small, so its heat engine should have run out a long time ago," Clive Neal, a geoscientist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, told Nature.
Business Insider
November 23, 2020
"The moon is small, so its heat engine should have run out a long time ago," Clive Neal, a geoscientist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, told Nature.