NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Lunar pdf

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Lunar

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The potential existence of lunar volatiles is a scientific discovery that could distinctly change the direction of pathways of inner solar system human expansion. With a dedicated germanium gamma ray spectrometer launched in the early 1990’s, surface water concentrations of 0.7 percent could be detected immediately upon full lunar polar orbit operations. The expense of lunar base construction and operation would be dramatically reduced over a scenario with no lunar volatile resources. Global surface mineral distribution could be mapped out and integrated into a GIS database for lunar base site selection. Extensive surface lunar mapping would also result in the utilization of archived Apollo images. A variety of remote sensing systems and their parameters have been proposed for use in the detection of these lunar ice masses. The detection or nondetection of subsurface and surface ice masses in lunar polar crater floors could dramatically direct the development pathways that the human race might follow in its radiation from the Earth to habitable locales in the inner terran solar system.

Potential sources of lunar volatiles are described. The use of remote sensing to detect lunar volatiles is addressed

• Creator/s: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS
• Date: 1/1/1992
• Year: 1992
• Book Topics/Themes: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS, LUNAR MAPS, LUNAR RESOURCES, LUNAR SURFACE, REMOTE SENSING, ICE MAPPING, LUNAR COMPOSITION, LUNAR SOIL, MINERALS, SURFACE WATER, Mardon, A. A

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