Identification and characterization of science-rich landing sites for lunar lander missions using integrated remote sensing observations
In: Advances in Space Research, 2012
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Despite more than 52 years of lunar exploration, a wide range of first-order scientific questions remain about the Moon's formation, temporal evolution, and current surface and interior properties. Addressing many of these questions requires obtaining new in situ analyses or return of lunar surface or shallow subsurface samples, and hence rely on the selection of optimal landing sites. Here, we present an approach to optimize science-rich lunar landing site selection studies based on the integration of remote sensing observations. Currently available remote sensing data, as well as features of interest published in the recent literature, were integrated in a Geographic Information System. This numerical database contains geographic information about all these findings, which can be consulted and used to simultaneously display multiple features and parameters of interest. To illustrate our approach, we identified the optimal landing sites to address the two top priorities (or goals) relative to Concept 3 of the National Research Council of the National Academies (2007), namely to 'Determine the extent and composition of the primary feldspathic crust, (ur)KREEP layer, and other products of differentiation' and to 'Inventory the variety, age, distribution and origin of lunar rock types'. We review site requirements and propose possible landing sites for both these goals. We identified 29 sites that best fulfill both these goals and compare them with the landing sites of planned future lunar lander missions. Finally, we detail two of these science-rich sites (Aristarchus and Theophilus craters) which are particularly accessible through their location on the nearside. © 2012 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Identification and characterization of science-rich landing sites for lunar lander missions using integrated remote sensing observations
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Blanchette-Guertin, J. F. ; Jilly, C. E. ; Kring, David A. ; Flahaut, Jessica ; W. van Westrenen ; Souchon, A. L. ; Sharma, P. ; Geology and Geochemistry ; Systems, Computer ; Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement (LGL-TPE) ; École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) ; Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ; Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences [Vancouver] (EOS) ; University of British Columbia (UBC) ; Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) ; University of Hawai‘i [Mānoa] (UHM) ; Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [Tucson] (LPL) ; University of Arizona ; Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP) ; Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) ; Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) ; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) ; Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ; Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences ; University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA) ; Lunar and Planetary Institute [Houston] (LPI) ; NLSI Center for Lunar Science and Exploration at LPI, NLSI Center for Lunar Science and Exploration at JSC, European Science Foundation EURYI award ; Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement [Lyon] (LGL-TPE) ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) ; Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon) ; Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) ; Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) ; Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Zeitschrift: | Advances in Space Research, 2012 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2012 |
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ISSN: | 0273-1177 (print) |
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