LUNATIC: the crowdfunding project to implement with lunar samples a collection of meteorite thin sections

Here we present the crowdfunding project “LUNATIC” that was selected by the crowdfunding platform of the University of Pavia (universitiamo.eu) in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, The aim of LUNATIC is to get funds for implementing with lunar samples a collection of meteorites thin sections which is in preparation thanks to the collaboration with the Museum of Natural History of Florence and the Museum of Planetary Sciences of Prato. Once complete this collection will represent the analogue of that already existing in the U.S.A. at the Johnson Space Center which is available only for American institutions. Our meteorite thin section collection will be available with educational purposes for the Italian universities in which Planetary Sciences are tought for promoting the study of meteorites and their parent bodies. The project funding may also allow young researchers to participate in meteorite research expeditions.