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The real world and lunar base activation scenarios [PDF]

A lunar base or a network of lunar bases may have highly desirable support functions in a national or international program to explore and settle Mars. In addition, He-3 exported from the Moon could be the basis for providing much of the energy needs of ...
Schmitt, Harrison H.
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The Moon Beyond 2002, Next Steps in Lunar Science and Exploration : September 12-14, 2002, Taos, New Mexico [PDF]

, 2002
The purpose of this meeting is to capitalize on the recent advances by focusing the planetary science community on the following: (1) What are the key questions that should now be addressed to advance lunar science and exploration?

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Possible Anthropogenic Contributions to the LAMP-observed Surficial Icy Regolith within Lunar Polar Craters: A Comparison of Apollo and Starship Landings

The Planetary Science Journal
This work assesses the potential of midsized and large human landing systems to deliver water from their exhaust plumes to cold traps within lunar polar craters.
William M. Farrell, P. Prem, D. M. Hurley, O. J. Tucker, R. M. Killen   +4 more
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Minutes of Post-Apollo Lunar Science Program Review, May 9, 1973 [PDF]

, 1973
The Post-Apollo Lunar Science Program Review was held on May 9, 1973, at NASA Johnson Space Center. The meeting was cochaired by William T. O'Bryant, Director of Lunar Programs, NASA Headquarters, and Anthony J.
Calia, Anthony J., O'Bryant, William T.
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Dielectric and Polarimetric Radar Properties of Suspected Surficial Ice Exposures at the Lunar South Pole

The Planetary Science Journal
Various active and passive orbital measurements have provided evidence for surficial water ice within some lunar permanently shadowed regions (PSRs), especially from near-infrared observations by the M ^3 instrument.
Tanish Himani, Kevin Lewis, G. Wesley Patterson, Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín, Shashwat Shukla, Nicholas Dutton   +5 more
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Distribution, Evolution, and Origin of the Lunar Energetic Particles

Space: Science & Technology
Various kinds of energetic particles can directly and continuously interact with the lunar surface since there is no atmosphere and no global magnetic field on the Moon. How energetic particles distribute on the Moon and what are their roles in the space
ChenXuan Zhang, XianGuo Zhang, JinBin Cao, Lei Li, XiaoPing Zhang, JingNan Guo, LiangHai Xie, ShenYi Zhang, XinYue Wang   +8 more
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The feasibility of solar reflector production from lunar materials for solar power in space [PDF]

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) investigated the feasibility of producing solar reflectors from indigenous lunar materials for solar power production on the moon.

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The Relevance of the VIPER Mission to NASA’s Artemis Human Exploration of the Moon

The Planetary Science Journal
NASA has ambitious plans to send astronauts to the south polar region of the Moon and explore this lunar terrain with humans for the first time through a series of Artemis missions.
Jennifer L. Heldmann, Anthony Colaprete, Ariel N. Deutsch, Casey I. Honniball, Myriam Lemelin, Kimberly Ennico-Smith, Mark H. Shirley, Edward Balaban, Valentin T. Bickel, Terrence Fong, Matthew C. Deans, Eldar Z. Noe Dobrea, Darlene S. S. Lim, Zara Mirmalek, David Lees   +14 more
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Required technologies for a lunar optical UV-IR synthesis array [PDF]

A Lunar Optical UV-IR Synthesis Array (LOUISA) proposed to take advantage of the characteristics of the lunar environment requires appropriate advances in technology.
Johnson, Stewart W., Wetzel, John P.
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Lunar Crustal Magnetization Sourced via the Delivery of Iron-rich Ejecta from Basin-forming Impacts

The Planetary Science Journal
The reason for the prevalence of crustal magnetic anomalies within a lunar crust composed of materials that do not retain strong magnetization remains an unresolved question in lunar science.
R. I. Citron, L. L. Hood, S. T. Stewart
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