JOINT WORKSHOP ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR LUNAR RESOURCE ASSESSMENT t)--- LPI Technical Report Number 92,06 _ LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE 3600 BAY AREA BOULEVARD HOUSTON TX 77058-1113 LPIITR--92-06 Cover: Artist's concept of an oxygen production module at a lunar base. Oxygen is extracted from lunar soil, liquified, and put into the spherical tanks. Solid byproducts and slag are removed from the sides of the module for disposal or use elsewhere as radiation shielding. A mining module is shown in the background. NASA photo S90·46025. JOINT WORKSHOP ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR LUNAR RESOURCE ASSESSMENT Edited by R. C. Elphic and D. S. McKay Held at Santa Fe, New Mexico April 6- 7, 1992 Sponsored by DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory NASA Johnson Space Center Lunar and Planetary Institute Lunar and Planetary Institute 3600 Bay Area Boulevard Houston TX 77058-1113 LPI Technical Report Number 92-06 LPIITR,,92,06 Compiled in 1992 by LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE The Insrirure is operared by Universiries Space Research Associarion under Con­ rract NASW-4574 wirh rhe Narional Aeronaurics and Space Adminisrrarion. Material in rhis documenr may be copied wirhout restrainr for library, absrracr service, educarional, or personal research purposes; however, republicarion of any porrion requires rhe wrirren permissiol'l of the aurhors as well as appropriare acknowledgmenr of this publicarion. This reporr may be cired as Elphic R. C. and McKay D. S., eds. (1992) Join! Workshop on New Technologies for Lunar Resource Assessment. LPI Tech. Rpr. 92-06, Lunar and Planetary Instirure, Houston. 56 pp. Papers in this repon may be cired as Aurhor A. A. (1992) Tirle of paper (Llbsrracr). InJoine Workshop 011 New Technologies for Lunar Resource Assessmene (R. C. Elphic and D. S. McKay, eds.), pp. xx-yy. LPI Tech. Rpr. 92-06, Lunar and Planerary lnsrirure, Housron. This reporr is disrribured by ORDER DEPARTMENT Lunar and Planerary Insriture 3600 Bay AreLl Boulevard Housron TX 77058-111 J Mail order requescors will be invoiced for (he case of shipping and handling. Technical Reporr 92 -06 11\ Program Monday Morning, April 6, 1992 Welcome-Rick Elphic and David McKay, Conveners MISSION FROM PLANET EARTH: ARCHITECTURES USING THE MOON Chair: R. Burick Greene J. NASA and SEl Carey F. Role of DOE in SEI Vaniman D. T. Lunar Geology McKay D. Resources-What and Why Joosren K. First Lunar Outpost Srroteg)' Feldman S. C. Lunar ResOt/rce Assessmenr: An rndustry PeTspective REMOTE LUNAR RESOURCE ASSESSMENT Chair: C. M. Pieters Taylor G. J. RemOte Assessment of Lunar Resol<Tce Potential Monday Afternoon, April 6, 1992 Contributed Presentations Gillen S. L. Economic Geology of the Moon: Some ConsideTarions Pierers C. M. The Quickest, Lowest-Cost Lunar Resource Assessment Program: Integrated High-Tech Earch-based Astronomy Coombs C. R. McKechnie T . S. A Ground-based Search for umar Resources Using High-Resolution Imaging in (he Infrared Smirh W . H. Haskin L. Kororev R. Arvidson R. McKinnon W. Hapke B. Larson S. Lucey P. Lunar UV-Visible-fR Mapping Inrerferometric Spectrometer Sracy N. J. S. Campbell D. B. High-Resolution Earch-based Lunar Radar Studies: ApplicatiOns co Lunar Resource Assessment Reedy R. C. Byrd R. C. Drake D. M. Feldman W. C. Massarik J. Moss C. E. Combined Gamma Ray/Newron Spectroscopy for Mapping Lunar Resources Moss C. E. Byrd R. C. Drake D. M. Feldman W. C. Marrin R. A. Merrigan M. A. Reedy R. C. Gamma Ray and Neutron Spectrometer for the Lunar Resource Mapper iv New Technologies for Lunar Resource Assessmenr Edwards B. C. Ameduri F. Bloch J. J. Priedhorsky W. C. Roussel-Dupre D. Smith B. W. High-Resolucion Elemental Mapping of che Lunar Surface Housley R. M. Mapping rhe Moon in Sofc X-Rays: Promises and Challenges Elphic R. C. Funsten H. O. Barraclough B. L. McComas D. J. Nordholt J. E. Lunar and Asteroid Surface Composicion Using a Remoce Secondary Ion Mass Speccromecer De Young R.]. Williams M. D. A Remoce Laser Mass Speccromecer far Lunar Resource Assessmenc Friesen L. ]. Radon As a Tracer for Lunar Volaciles Presented by Title Only Mardon A. A. Ucili zacion of Geographic Infonnacion Syscem in Lunar Mapping Mardon A. A. Lunar Prospeccor: A PreIiminal)' Surface Remoce Sensing Assessmenr far (he Moon Poster Presentations Campbell B. A. Stacy N.]. Campbell D. B. Zisk S. H. Thompson T. W. Hawke B. R. Esrimacing Lunar Pyrodascic Deposic Depch fram Imaging Radar Daca: Applicacions (0 Lunar Resource Assessmenc Fischer E. M. Pieters C. M. Head]. w. Lunar Resources Using Moderace Specrral Resolucion Visible and Near-Infrared Speccroscopy : AIISi and Soil Maruriry Hood L. l. Lunar Magneric FielJs : Implicarions far Resource Ucilizacion Green]. Negus-de Wys]. Zuppero A. The Tm·ger: H 20 on che Moon RESOURCE ASSESSMENT FROM LANDED PLATFORMS Chair: J. D. Bladc Spudis P. D. Lunar Resource Assessmenc: SCTQregies far Lunar S14rface Exploration Tuesday Morning, April 7, 1992 RESOURCE ASSESSMENT FROM LANDED PLATFORMS (continued) Becker A . Goldstein N. Majer E. Morrison F. Geophysical Mechods-An Overview Boles W. Drilling and Digging Techniques for che Early Lunar Owposc Long R. C. DOE Dry Drilling Techniques and Possible Lunar Applicarions Technical Report 92 -06 V Contributed Presentations Plescia J. B. Lane A. L. Miller D. Lunar Surface Rovers Blacic]. D. TOPLE'X; IeleQ!:!.erated J?nar fuplorer-Instruments aM Operational Concepts for an Unmanned Lunar Rex'er Morris R. V. Agresti D. G. Wills E. L. Shelfer T. D. Pimperl M. M. Shen M.-H. Gibson M. A. Mossbauer Spectroscopy for Lunar Resource Assessmenr; Measurement of Mineralogy aM Soil Maturicy Vaniman D. T. Bish D. L. Chipera S.]. Blacic]. D. A Combined XRD/XRF Instrumenc for Lunar Resource Assessment Albats P. Groves J. Schweitzer J. Tombrello T. Application of Nuclear Well-Logging Techniques (0 Lunar Resou.rce Assessment Boynton W. Feldman W. Swindle T. A Lunar Penetrator (0 Detennine Solar-Wind-Implanted Resources at Depth In rhe Lunar Regolich Johnson S. W. Chua K. M. Assessment of the Lunar Surface Layer aM In Siru Materials (0 Susrain Construcrion-related Applicacions Presented by Title Only Oder R. R. Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements for In Situ Characterization of Lunar Soil Poster Presentations Boslough M. B. Bernold L. E. Horie Y. Shock-treated Lunar Soil Simulant: Preliminary Assessment as a Construcrion Material Johnson S. W. Chua K. M. Assessment of the Lunar Surface Layer and In Situ Materials (0 Susrain Conslnution-related Applications Kane K. Y. Cremers D. A. An In Situ Technique for Elemenral Analysis of Lunar Surfaces Smith W. H. COMPAS; Compositional Mineralogy wirh a Phoroacoustic Spectromerer York C. L. Walden 8 . Billings T. L. Reeder P. D. Lunar Lava Tube Sensing Tuesday Afternoon, ApriL 7, 1992 GROUP DISCUSSION Discussion Leader: M. Duke Issues in Resource Assessment: Resource Targets. Measuremenr Requirements, and Stracegy Informal Discussion Grou.ps Technical Report 92-06 vii Contents Workshop Summary ............... ... ................ ........... .. .... .. ........... 1 Abstracts . ..... .......................... .... ..... .. .. ........... ... .. .......... .....7 Application of Nuclear Well Logging Techniques [0 Lunar Resource Assessmenc P. Albats, ]. Groves, ]. Schweitzer, and T. T ombrello ...................... .. .. .. .... ... ....... 9 Geophysical Mechods-An Overview A. Becker, N. E. Goldstein, K. H. Lee, E. L Majer, H. F. Morrison, and L Myer .... ... .......... ... 10 TOPLE:X: IeleQJ?eraced ~unar §plOTer-Instruments and Opera cional Concepts for an Unmanned Lunar Rover ]. D. Blacic ................... ........ .......... ... .. ..... ....... .. ........ .. ...... 11 Drilling and Digging Techniques for the Early Lunar Owposc W. W. Boles .... , . ..... ... .. ..... ....... ............. ... ...... .. ...... .. .... .... 12 Shock-created Lunar Soil Simulanc: Preliminary Assessmenc as a CorucTUCc ion Macerial M. B. Boslough, L. E. Bernhold, and Y. Horie . ........................... .... .... .............. 14 A Lunar PeneCratOT co Decermine Solar-Wind-Implanced Resources ac Depch in che Lunar Regolith W . Boynton, W. Feldman, and T. Swindle ........... ...... ... ............... ..... ... .. ... 15 Escimacing Lunar Pyroclastic Deposit Depch from Imaging Radar Daw: Applicacioru co Lunar Resource Assessment B. A. Campbell, N. ]. Stacy, D. B. Campbell, S. H. Zisk, T . W. Thompson, and B. R. Hawke . ............. ......... ...... ........ , ..... , .. ......... 16 A Ground-based Search for Lllnar Resources Using High-Resolucion Imaging in che Infrared C. R. Coombs and T. S. McKechnie ............. .. ... .. ....... .. .. ........... ... ... .... .. 17 A Remoce Laser Mass Spec trome cer for Lunar Resource Assessment R. ]. De Young and M. D. Williams ... , ...................... .. ... .... ... .... .. .... .. .. 19 An a-pox Analycicallnstrurnenc for Lunar Resource Investigacions T. E. Economou and A. L. T urkevich ....... ........ ...... ......... ... ...... .. ..... .... ... 20 High -Resolution Elemental Mapping of che Lunar Surface B. C. Edwards, F. Ameduri,].]. Bloch, W. C. Priedhorsky, D. Roussel-Dupre, and B. W. Smith .................. .... ................. ...... ............ .. .. 22 Lunar and Asceroid Surface Composicion Using a Remote Secondary Ion Mass Spectromecer R. C. Elphic, H. O. Funsten, B. L. Barraclough, D.]. McComas, and]. E. Nordholt ........... .... ... 22 Lunar Resource Assessment: An Indus cry Perspeccive S. C. Feldman, B. H. Altenberg, and H. A. Franklin .... .. .. ..... .. .................. ........... 24 viii New Technologies for Lunar Resource