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Lunar scout missions: Galileo encounter results and application to scientific problems and exploration requirementsThe Lunar Scout Missions (payload: x-ray fluorescence spectrometer, high-resolution stereocamera, neutron spectrometer, gamma-ray spectrometer, imaging spectrometer, gravity experiment) will provide a global data set for the chemistry, mineralogy, geology, topography, and gravity of the Moon. These data will in turn provide an important baseline for the further scientific exploration of the Moon by all-purpose landers and micro-rovers, and sample return missions from sites shown to be of primary interest from the global orbital data. These data would clearly provide the basis for intelligent selection of sites for the establishment of lunar base sites for long-term scientific and resource exploration and engineering studies. The two recent Galileo encounters with the Moon (December, 1990 and December, 1992) illustrate how modern technology can be applied to significant lunar problems. We emphasize the regional results of the Galileo SSI to show the promise of geologic unit definition and characterization as an example of what can be done with the global coverage to be obtained by the Lunar Scout Missions.
Document ID
19940011756
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Head, J. W.
(Brown Univ. Providence, RI, United States)
Belton, M.
(Kitt Peak National Observatory Tucson, AZ., United States)
Greeley, R.
(Arizona State Univ. Tempe., United States)
Pieters, C.
(Brown Univ. Providence, RI, United States)
Mcewen, A.
(Geological Survey Flagstaff, AZ., United States)
Neukum, G.
(Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt Berlin, Germany)
Mccord, T.
(Hawaii Univ. Honolulu., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-Fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 2: G-M
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
94N16229
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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