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Image Analysis Based Estimates of Regolith Erosion Due to Plume Impingement EffectsCharacterizing dust plumes on the moon's surface during a rocket landing is imperative to the success of future operations on the moon or any other celestial body with a dusty or soil surface (including cold surfaces covered by frozen gas ice crystals, such as the moons of the outer planets). The most practical method of characterizing the dust clouds is to analyze video or still camera images of the dust illuminated by the sun or on-board light sources (such as lasers). The method described below was used to characterize the dust plumes from the Apollo 12 landing.
Document ID
20150000173
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Lane, John E.
(Enterprise Advisory Services, Inc. Kennedy Space Center, FL, United States)
Metzger, Philip T.
(NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL United States)
Date Acquired
January 5, 2015
Publication Date
October 27, 2014
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Statistics And Probability
Report/Patent Number
KSC-E-DAA-TN16480
Meeting Information
Meeting: ASCE International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments (ASCE Earth and Space)
Location: St. Louis, MO
Country: United States
Start Date: October 27, 2014
End Date: October 29, 2014
Sponsors: Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNH10ZDA001N
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNK11EA08C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Regolith Erosion
Plume Impingement
Image Analysis
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