Geologic Context and Potential EVA Targets at the Lunar South Pole
Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect Advances in Space Research xxx (2020) xxx–xxx www.elsevier.com/locate/asr Geologic context and potential EVA targets at the lunar south pole A.J. Gawronska a,⇑, N. Barrett b, S.J. Boazman c,d, C.M. Gilmour e, S.H. Halim f, Harish g, K. McCanaan h, A.V. Satyakumar i, J. Shah j,k, H.M. Meyer l,1, D.A. Kring l,m a Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA b Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada c Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK d Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK e Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada f Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK g Planetary Sciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India h School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK i CSIR – National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), Hyderabad, India j Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada k The Institute for Earth and Space Exploration, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada l Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, Houston, Texas, USA m NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, Mountain View, California, USA Received 29 March 2020; received in revised form 22 May 2020; accepted 25 May 2020 Abstract The lunar south pole is being targeted for exploration, in part, because it contains topographical high points with >50% illumination needed for solar power.
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