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Jurassic Diabase from Leesburg, VA: A Proposed Lunar SimulantA study of future lunar seismology and heat flow is being carried out as part of the NASA Lunar Sortie Science Program [1].This study will include new lunar drilling techniques, using a regolith simulant, for emplacement of instruments. Previous lunar simulants, such as JSC-I and MLS-l, were not available when the study began, so a local simulant source was required. Diabase from a quarry at Leesburg, Virginia, was obtained from the Luck Stone Corporation. We report here initial results of a petrographic examination of this rock, GSC-1 henceforth.
Document ID
20080023350
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Taylor, P. T. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lowman, P. D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Nagihara, Seiichi (Texas Tech Univ. Lubbock, TX, United States)
Milam, M. B. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Nakamura, Yosio (Texas Univ. Austin, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2008
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: NASA Lunar Science Institute meeting
Location: Moffett Field, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: July 20, 2008
End Date: July 23, 2008
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASA 06-LSSO-0011
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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