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S EXPLORATIONI S. J. Lawrence, B. L. Jolliff, M. S. Robinson, T. Tran, J. Stopar, W. B. Garry, B. W. Denevi, B. R. Hawke, S. Braden FACULTAS and the LROC Team LEAG 2010, Washington, D. C. SCIENTIA SCIENTIAE FACULTAS Perspective view of the Constellation site in the Marius Hills derived from EXPLORATIO NAC Digital Terrain Models S Constellation Regions of Interest EXPLORATIONI FACULTAS SCIENTIA SCIENTIAE FACULTAS . 50 Constellation Regions of Interest represent a wide variety of terrain types and include locations of high scientific and exploration interest EXPLORATIO S LROC Constellation Campaign Everyone: Go see Brad’s poster! EXPLORATIONI 40x4040x40 kilometerkilometer ““bestbest efforteffort”” imagingimaging 20x20 kilometer FACULTAS regionregion “best effort” stereo images collection SCIENTIA region 10x10 kilometer stereo image SCIENTIAE collection region 50 km FACULTAS Plus: Global WAC coverage . Comprehensive set of LROC data products collected for each Constellation site during ESMD mission EXPLORATIO Illumination is Important CxP Apollo 15 Site, centered on the Falcon M116296299L/R 2009‐358 i=84 M117467833L/R M131623862L/R 2010‐007 2010‐170 i=83 i=82 (above and left) Minor changes in illumination conditions can profoundly change appearance of a landing site LROC repeat observations have immense value S Sulpicius GallusMajor resource deposit EXPLORATIONI FACULTAS SCIENTIA 500 m SCIENTIAE 50 km FACULTAS 10 km 5 km 100 m 10 km EXPLORATIO EXPLORATIO FACULTAS SCIENTIAE SCIENTIA FACULTAS EXPLORATIONIS Sulpicius 5km Gallus Major resource deposit S Gruithuisen DomesNonmare Volcanic Constructs NAC‐derived DTMs have many uses, EXPLORATIONI including: ‐Detailed traverse planning ‐Resource Assessment FACULTAS ‐Scientific Investigations N SCIENTIA SCIENTIAE FACULTAS Delta Gruithuisen EXPLORATIO S King CraterWell‐preserved impact structure EXPLORATIONI Imagine the picture that an Astronaut could get from the top FACULTAS of that bridge! SCIENTIA SCIENTIAE FACULTAS EXPLORATIO S Marius Hills Diverse Volcanic Complex EXPLORATIONI FACULTAS SCIENTIA SCIENTIAE FACULTAS LROC NAC Topography LROC EXPLORATIO Tycho Crater Rock melted by the Tycho impact event flowed across the floor of the newly‐formed crater in the direction indicated by arrows before it solidified into a rock made up of a mixture of WAC minerals and glass. S Lichtenberg Borderlands of Aristarchus EXPLORATIONI WACWAC ColorColor FACULTAS SCIENTIA SCIENTIAE Inner Wall of Lichtenberg FACULTAS NAC Topography NAC EXPLORATIO S Conclusions . Scientific investigations of the Constellation sites EXPLORATIONI are defining future exploration locations . Repeat LROC observations at multiple incidence FACULTAS and solar azimuths are critical for exploration Multi‐year extended mission enables global 2 m/px SCIENTIA coverage at high and low‐Sun . Comprehensive suite of LROC Cx data will be SCIENTIAE mined for years to come . With the transition of LRO from ESMD to SMD, FACULTAS the targeting strategy for Cx sites shifts from landing‐site assessment to discovery ‐driven, compelling science investigations EXPLORATIO.

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