Workshop on Enabling Exploration: The Lunar Outpost and Beyond (LEAG 2007) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/leag2007/ [6/30/2008 4:38:00 PM] 2007 LEAG Workshop on Enabling Exploration preface.pdf LEAG 2007 Workshop on Enabling Exploration: The Lunar Outpost and Beyond October 1–5, 2007 Houston, Texas Sponsors Lunar and Planetary Institute National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lunar Exploration Analysis Group Conveners Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame Stephen Mackwell, Lunar and Planetary Institute Organizing Committee Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame Charles Shearer, University of New Mexico Jeff Taylor, University of Hawai‘i Michael Wargo, NASA Headquarters Kelly Snook, NASA Headquarters Michelle Gates, NASA Headquarters Stephen Mackwell, Lunar and Planetary Institute Jerry Sanders, NASA Johnson Space Center Paul Eckert, Boeing Company Compiled by Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston TX 77058-1113. 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LPI Contribution No. 1371 LEAG Workshop on Enabling Exploration, Table of Contents Workshop on Enabling Exploration: The Lunar Outpost and Beyond October 1–5, 2007 Houston, Texas CONTENTS Preface and Credits EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Feed Forward to Mars: Implications for Lunar Outpost Site Selection and the Nature of the Activity to be Carried Out There D. W. Beaty 3075 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Is a LEO Propellant Depot Commercially Viable? D. G. Bienhoff 3040 Lunar Surface Field Exploration Infrastructure Systems Requirements Development — Results of a Decade of Analog Lunar Surface Exploration S. P. Braham and M. P. Pires 3043 Biotechnologies at Lunar Outpost and Beyond I. I. Brown, J. A. Jones, D. Garrison, D. Bayless, S. A. Sarkisova, G. B. Sanders, and D. S. McKay 3013 Establishment of a Wireless Mesh Network and Positional Awareness System in a Mars Analogue Environment T. W. Clardy, K. E. Fristad, J. C Rask, and C. P. McKay 3015 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ISRU Development Roadmap — AIAA Perspective D. L. Clark 3068 Optimizing Instrument Packages for the Lunar Surface P. E. Clark, R. Lewis, and L. Leshin 3033 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. L. Heldmann, L. Sollitt, E. Asphaug, P. Schultz, A. Christensen, and K. Galal 3017 Planetary Protection and Implications for Lunar Mission Planning: Science, Technology, and Feed-Forward to Mars C. A. Conley and M. Race 3027 Possible Mafic Patches at Mons Malapert and Scott Crater Highlight the Value of Site Selection Studies file:///D|/table_of_contents.html (1 of 7) [6/30/2008 3:41:23 PM] LEAG Workshop on Enabling Exploration, Table of Contents B. L. Cooper 3039 ISRU Will Make the Difference Between Going Back to the Moon to Visit and Going Back to the Moon to Stay B. L. Cooper and D. G. Schrunk 3036 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ESMD Commercial Development Strategy Overview K. Davidian 3050 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Automated Subsurface Sample Acquisition Technologies for Lunar Exploration K. Davis 3074 Robotic Components and Subsystems Enabling Lunar Exploration: Status Update K. Davis, G. L. Paulsen, and K. Zacny 3048 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Things We Most Need to Learn at the Moon to Support the Subsequent Human Exploration of Mars B. G. Drake, D. Beaty, G. Tahu, S. Hoffman, and A. Tripathi 3012 The Role of Robotic Missions in a Lunar Outpost Strategy M. B. Duke 3042 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Lunar Commercial Communications Enabled by the International Lunar Observatory/ILO Association S. Durst 3077 Lunar Commercial Communications Enabled by the International Lunar Observatory / ILO Association S. M. Durst, W. W. Mendell, and M. Gonella 3038 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ISRU and Potential Mass and Cost Impacts on Sustained Lunar Exploration B. Easter 3067 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Incremental Steps from Earth to Lunar Commerce: How to Do It, and How to Pay for It, One Step at a Time P. Eckert 3078 Enabling Exploration: Robotic Site Surveys and Prospecting for Hydrogen R. C. Elphic, L. Kobayashi, M. Allen, M. Bualat, M. Deans, T. Fong, S. Lee, V. To, and H. Utz 3046 LCROSS Science Payload Ground Development, Test, and Calibration Results K. Ennico, A. Colaprete, D. Wooden, J. L. Heldmann, D. Lynch, G. Kojima, and M. Shirley 3020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Management of Future Lunar Samples: Back to Basics 3061 file:///D|/table_of_contents.html (2 of 7) [6/30/2008 3:41:23 PM] LEAG Workshop on Enabling Exploration, Table of Contents D. Eppler EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Interviews with Apollo Lunar Surface Astronauts in Support of Lunar Surface Exploration Systems Design D. Eppler 3060 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Meteorite Collection on the Lunar Surface L. Erikson, D. Baker, W. L. Rance, E. Spahr, A. Abbud-Madrid, and M. B. Heeley 3052 Returm to the Moon: Ethical, Cultural and Social Aspects — Initial Approaches to These Complex Themes with a Geological Perspective V. A. Fernandes, B. A. Cohen, J. Fritz, and E. K. Jessberger 3035 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Site Selection and Lunar Outpost: SMART-1 Results and ESA Studies B. Foing 3062 Analog Lunar Robotic Site Survey at Haughton Crater T. Fong, M. Deans, M. Bualat, L. Flueckiger, M. Allan, H. Utz, S. Lee, V. To, and P. Lee 3058 Technology and Techniques for Paleomagnetic Studies at the Lunar Poles I. Garrick-Bethell and B. P. Weiss 3029 Rocket Dispersed Instruments: A Mission Architecture for Exploring Lunar Polar Hydrogen I. Garrick-Bethell, J. J. West, d. J. Lawrence, and R. C. Elphic 3025 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Lunar Site Selection Process Definition in LAT-2 R. Gershman 3071 Priorities for Demonstrating Lunar ISRU Capabilities L. S. Gertsch 3041 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Lunar Outpost Site Selection: A Review of the Past 20 Years J. E. Gruener 3057 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Toward a 1GWe of Solar Energy on and from the Moon by 2020 K. P. Heiss 3063 Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Mission: Opportunities for Observations of the Impact Plumes from Ground-based and Space-based Telescopes J. L. Heldmann, T. Colaprete, D. Wooden, E. Asphaug, P. Schultz, C. S. Plesko, L. Ong, D. Korycansky, K. Galal, and G. Briggs 3016 Interim Results from the MEPAG Human Exploration of Mars Science Analysis Group (HEM-SAG) file:///D|/table_of_contents.html (3 of 7) [6/30/2008 3:41:23 PM] LEAG Workshop on Enabling Exploration, Table of Contents J. L. Heldmann, J. Levine, J. Garvin, D. Beaty, M. S. Bell, T. Clancy, C. S. Cockell, G. Delory, J. Dickson, R. Elphic, D. Eppler, D. Fernandez-Remolar, J. Gruener, J. W. Head, M. Helper, V. Hipkin, M. Lane, J. Levy, R. Millikan, J. Moersch, G. Ori, L. Peach, F. Poulet, J. Rice, K. Snook, S. Squyres, and J. Zimbelman 3018 Lunar Exploration Orbiter (LEO): Providing a Globally Covered, Highly Resolved, Integrated Geological, Geochemical and Gephysical Data Base of the Moon R. Jaumann, T. Spohn, H. Hiesinger, E. K. Jessberger, G. Neukum, J. Oberst, J. Helbert, U. Christensen, H. U. Keller, U. Mall, H. Boehnhardt, P. Hartogh, K.-H. Glassmeier, H.-U. Auster, A. Moraira, M. Werner, M. Paetzold, H. Palme, R. Wimmer-Schweingruber, M. Mandea, F. Flechtner, V. Lesur, B. Haeusler, R. Srama, S. Kempf, A. Hoerdt, K. Eichentopf, E. Hauber, H. Hoffmann, U. Koehler, E. Kuehrt, H. Michaelis, M. Pauer, F. Sohl, T. Denk, and S. van Gasselt 3010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Science Criteria for Lunar Outpost Site Selection and an Example B. Jolliff 3076 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Recommendations from the Workshop on Science Associated with the Lunar Exploration Architecture, Tempe, Arizona, 2/27–3/2, 2007 B. L. Jolliff 3056 Testing the Terminal Cataclysm Hypothesis with Samples from the South Pole-Aitken Basin B. L. Jolliff, D. A. Papanastassiou, and B. A. Cohen 3045 Aristarchus Plateau as an Outpost Location B. L. Jolliff and J. Zhang 3049 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Proposal for a Lunar Exploration Science Campaign: A Commercial-leveraged, Science- focused, Frequent Lunar Mission Program R. M. Kelso and G. Schmidt 3073 Reducing the Risk, Requirements, and Cost of the Human Exploration Phase of the Constellation Program with Robotic Landers and Rovers D. A. Kring 3037 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Outpost Site Selection for In-Situ Resource Utilization W. E. Larson 3072 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Lunar Robotic Precursor Program Status T. Lavoie, J. Bassler, and D. Jacobson 3030 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Astronaut Training, What We Did, Why It Worked, and What Can Be Done Better G. Lofgren 3070 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Lunar Collection: Status and the Future G. E. Lofgren 3002 file:///D|/table_of_contents.html (4 of 7) [6/30/2008 3:41:23 PM] LEAG Workshop on Enabling Exploration, Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: SELENE Status and ISRU Activity in Japan K. Matsui 3066 Spaceward Bound: Field Training for the Next Generation of Space Explorers C. P. McKay, L. K. Coe, M. Battler, D. Bazar, L. Conrad, B. Day, L. Fletcher, R. Green, J. Heldmann, T. Muscatello, J. C. Rask, H. Smith, H. Sun, and R. Zubrin 3028 Commercial Development of the Moon: The Great Lunar Depository D. S. McKay 3031 Exploration of Carbon-bearing Materials on the Moon Y. Miura 3047 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: CSA Concepts and Plans for Sustained Lunar Exploration and Surface Operations J.-C. Piedboeuf 3065 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Making the Moon Accessible to Everyone M. Pimenta 3026 Hydrogen: A Strategy for Assessing the Key Element for the Lunar Outpost J.