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Program and Abstracts LPI Contribution No. 1446 Joint Annual Meeting of LEAG-ICEUM-SRR October 28–31, 2008 Cape Canaveral, Florida SPONSORED BY Lunar and Planetary Institute National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Lunar Exploration Analysis Group International Lunar Exploration Working Group Space Resources Roundtable CONVENERS Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame Steve Mackwell, Lunar and Planetary Institute Bernard Foing, European Space Agency, International Lunar Exploration Working Group Leslie Gertsch, Missouri University of Science and Technology Lunar and Planetary Institute 3600 Bay Area Boulevard Houston TX 77058-1113 LPI Contribution No. 1446 Compiled in 2008 by LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE The Lunar and Planetary Institute is operated by the Universities Space Research Association under a cooperative agreement with the Science Mission Directorate of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 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Visit the LPI Online Store at https://www.lpi.usra.edu/store/products.cfm. ISSN No. 0161-5297 Preface This volume contains abstracts that have been accepted for presentation at the Joint Annual Meeting of LEAG-ILEWG-SRR, October 28–31, 2008, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Administration and publications support for this meeting were provided by the staff of the Publications and Program Services Department at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. Joint Annual Meeting of LEAG-ICEUM-SRR (2008) v Contents Program .........................................................................................................................................................................1 NASA’s Lunar Science Program: An Overview J. Adams .......................................................................................................................................................15 Developing an Aerial Transport Infrastructure for Lunar Exploration D. L. Akin .....................................................................................................................................................16 Lunette: A Global Network of Small Lunar Landers L. Alkalai and J. Elliott ................................................................................................................................17 International Standards and the NASA Lunar Geodesy and Cartography Working Group B. Archinal, C. Acton, B. Bussey, B. Campbell, G. Chin, A. Colaprete, A. Cook, D. Despan, R. French, L. Gaddis, R. Kirk, W. Mendell, F. Lemoine, M. Nall, J. Oberst, J. Plescia, M. Robinson, D. Smith, K. Snook, T. Sweetser, R. Vondrak, M. Wargo, and J. Williams ...........................................................................................................................18 Phoenix Lander Implications on In Situ Resource Utilization for Robotic Exploration of Mars R. L. Ash .......................................................................................................................................................19 From the Global Exploration Strategy (GES) to the International Space Exploration Working Group (ISECG) M. Baltuck, J. W. Curtis, S. Espinasse, J. J. Favier, G. Gibbs, B. Hufenbach, J. Kawaguchi, A. Lorenzoni, N. R. Newman, D. Parker, and G. L. Yoder ...................................................20 Characterizing the LCROSS Impact Site G. D. Bart and A. Colaprete .........................................................................................................................21 Project TURTLE: Terrapin Undergraduate Rover for Terrestrial Lunar Exploration D. Berg, J. Briscoe, K. Chandhok, E. Coello, J. Colver, A. Cox, S. Douglas, A. Ellsberry, S. Fields, D. Gers, Z. Hasnain, A. Hasain, M. Kirk, J. Laing, M. Lam, J. Leggett, M. Levashov, R. Levin, J. Lisee, O. Manning, T. Mariano, J. Mayerovitch, B. McCall, D. McLaren, A. Mirvis, R. Murphy, A. Nacev, H. Oberoi, U. Onukwubiri, S. Petillo, T. Russell, M. Schaffer, A.-R. Shishineh, and J. Zwillinger .........................................................22 Assessing Safe Lunar Landing Site Statistics with Synthetic DEMs D. T. Blewett, G. W. Patterson, J. A. McGovern, and N. R. Lopez ...............................................................23 Constraints on the Pre-Design of a Minimal Human Lunar Outpost L. Boche-Sauvan and B. H. Foing ................................................................................................................24 Complex Architectural Concept and Technology for Creating Buildings of Great Inner Space on the Moon, with Low Asset Requirement and High Efficiency B. Boldoghy, J. Kummert, T. P. Varga, I. Szilágyi, I. Darányi, Sz. Bérczi, T. N. Varga, and G. Hudoba Jr. ....................................................................................................................25 Geological and Geochemical Study of South Pole–Aitken Basin and Future Sample Return Missions A. M. Borst, F. Bexkens, and B. H. Foing ....................................................................................................26 Lunar Concrete as a Means of Reducing the Dust Hazard J. C. Boulware and F. Angomas ...................................................................................................................27 vi LPI Contribution No. 1446 Optimizing Science and Exploration on the Moon M. Broadwell.................................................................................................................................................28 The Development and Perspectives of Bio-ISRU I. I. Brown, D. H. Garrison, J. A. Jones, C. C. Allen, G. Sanders, S. A. Sarkisova, and D. S. McKay ................................................................................................................29 A Dust Mitigation Vehicle Utilizing Direct Solar Heating E. H. Cardiff and B. C. Hall .........................................................................................................................30 In-Situ Production of Oxygen Through Lunar Regolith Pyrolysis E. H. Cardiff, T. R. Maciel, and I. S. Banks ..................................................................................................31 Lunar Surface Explorations Scenarios W. Carey, B. Hufenbach, O. Mongrard, and M. Haese ................................................................................32 The MoonNEXT Mission: A European Lander at the Lunar South Pole J. D. Carpenter, B. Houdou, D. Koschny, I. Crawford, H. Falcke, S. Kempf, P. Lognonne, C. Ricci, and A. Pradier .........................................................................................................33 Lunar Dust Effects on Spacesuit Systems: Insights from the Apollo Spacesuits R. Christoffersen, J. F. Lindsay, S. K. Noble, and J. A. Lawrence ...............................................................34 Enabling Minimal Mass Science Packages for Lunar Surface Studies P. E. Clark, R. Lewis, P. S. Millar, P. S. Yeh, J. Lorenz, S. Feng, W. Powell, B. Beaman, M. Choi, L. Cooper, and L. Leshin ...............................................................................................................35 Lunar Soil Erosion Physics for Landing Rockets on the Moon R. N. Clegg, P. T. Metzger, S. Huff, and L. B. Roberson ..............................................................................36 The International Lunar Network B. A. Cohen, the ILN Science Definition Team, and the MSFC/APL ILN Engineering Team ......................37 An Overview of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Mission — An ESMD Mission to Investigate Lunar Polar Hydrogen A. Colaprete, G. Briggs, K. Ennico, D. Wooden, J. Heldmann, L. Sollitt, E. Asphaug, D. Korycansky, P. Schultz, A. Christensen, and K. Galal ............................................................................39 Planetary Protection for the Moon: Policy and Implementation C. Conley ......................................................................................................................................................40 Exploring the Basaltic Lava Flows of Oceanus Procellarum: Requirements for an Exploration Architecture that Optimises Scientific Return from Geological Field Activities I. A. Crawford, S. A. Fagents, and K. H. Joy ...............................................................................................41 MoonLITE: A Cost Effective Proposal for Advancing Multiple Objectives in Lunar Science and Exploration I. A. Crawford, A. Smith, R. A. Gowen, the MoonLITE Science Working Group, and the UK Penetrator Consortium .............................................42 Inertial Filtration of Lunar Dust