Report of the SPACE RESOURCES ROUNDTABLE VII: LEAG CONFERENCE ON LUNAR EXPLORATION LPI Contribution No. 1318 REPORT OF THE SPACE RESOURCES ROUNDTABLE VII: LEAG CONFERENCE ON LUNAR EXPLORATION October 25–28, 2005 League City, Texas SPONSORED BY Lunar and Planetary Institute NASA Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Resources Roundtable, Inc. NASA Lunar Exploration Analysis Group CONVENERS G. Jeffrey Taylor, University of Hawai‘i Stephen Mackwell, Lunar and Planetary Institute James Garvin, NASA Chief Scientist Lunar and Planetary Institute 3600 Bay Area Boulevard Houston TX 77058-1113 LPI Contribution No. 1318 Compiled in 2006 by LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE The Institute is operated by the Universities Space Research Association under Agreement No. NCC5-679 issued through the Solar System Exploration Division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 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ISSN No. 0161-5297 Report of the LEAG Conference iii CONTENTS Agenda ...........................................................................................................................................1 Conference Overview ..................................................................................................................13 Abstracts Unified Lunar Topographic Model B. A. Archinal, M. R. Rosiek, R. L. Kirk, and B. L. Redding .........................................................................27 Update on the Unified Lunar Control Network 2005 B. A. Archinal, M. R. Rosiek, R. L. Kirk, and B. L. Redding .........................................................................28 The Crux Seismic Profiler for Shallow Sounding of the Lunar Regolith W. B. Banerdt, D. G. Albert, and W. T. Pike .................................................................................................29 Interdisciplinary Research on Small Lunar Seismic Signals W. B. Banerdt, T. Chui, N. Galitzki, E. T. Herrin, H. J. Paik, K. Penanen, D. Rosenbaum, V. L. Teplitz, and J. Young ...................................................................................................30 Development of Radiators for Future Moon Missions M. Barmatz, T. Chui, and B. Zhang...............................................................................................................31 Lunar Orbiter Digital Mosaics: A Foundation for Lunar Reconnaissance Mapping T. Becker, L. Weller, L. Gaddis, D. Soltesz, D. Cook, A. Bennett, T. McDaniel, B. Redding, J. Richie, and Astrogeology Team ............................................................................................32 Performance-based Engineering for Lunar Settlements H. Benaroya ..................................................................................................................................................33 Use of Lunar Soil and Lunar Surface Rocky Materials in Insulation of Buildings on the Moon Sz. Bérczi, B. Boldoghy, J. Kummert, T. Varga, and I. Szilágyi....................................................................34 Carbon Monoxide Silicate Reduction System M. Berggren, R. Zubrin, S. Carrera, H. Rose, and S. Muscatello .................................................................35 Mars Aqueous Processing System M. Berggren, R. Zubrin, H. Rose, M. West, D. Harber, J. Kilgore, A. Muscatello, and M. McNulty.....................................................................................................................36 The Enabling Role of ISRU for Space Commercialization B. R. Blair, G. B. Sanders, M. E. Nall, K. P. Heiss, S. H. Anderson, P. A. Curreri, K. R. Sacksteder, E. E. Rice, E. D. McCullough, M. B. Duke, and T. C. Magelssen.....................................37 Bombardment History of the Moon: What We Think We Know, What We Don't Know, and How We Might Learn More D. D. Bogard .................................................................................................................................................38 Lunar Directed Science and Suggested Mission Architecture and Mobility: An Overview D. D. Bogard .................................................................................................................................................39 iv LPI Contribution No. 1318 Functional Program of Buildings for Conditions on the Moon B. Boldoghy, J. Kummert, Sz. Bérczi, I. Szilágyi, and T. Varga....................................................................40 Planning Project for Establishing Buildings on the Moon to be Operated Cost-effectively B. Boldoghy, J. Kummert, Sz. Bérczi, T. Varga, and I. Szilágyi....................................................................41 Lunar Entrepreneurs Student Competion G. M. Cadenhead and B. O.Fort ...................................................................................................................42 A Demonstration of Vacuum Pyrolysis E. H. Cardiff, B. R. Pomeroy, and J. P. Matchett..........................................................................................43 Development of Standardized Lunar Regolith Simulant Materials P. Carpenter, L. Sibille, and S. Wilson..........................................................................................................44 Sustainable Human Prosperity: Earth, Moon, and Beyond D. R. Criswell................................................................................................................................................45 Mission Visualization for Precursor Lunar Telerobotic Base Preparation B. Damer, D. Rasmussen, P. Newman, B. Blair, T. Cochrane, J. Kohut, and J. Head....................................................................................................................................46 Design Simulation of Lunar Exploration and ISRU Prototype Vehicles and Mission Scenarios B. Damer, D. Rasmussen, P. Newman, B. Blair, M. Duke, R. King, T. Muff, M. Shirley, and W-M. Shen..............................................................................................................47 ISRUS Integrated Space Resources Utility Software J. Díaz ...........................................................................................................................................................48 Lunar Resources Consortium: A Private/Public Partnership in Space Resource Development M. B. Duke and B. O. Fort ............................................................................................................................49 Stanford on the Moon Alumni Initiative, 2000–2015 S. Durst..........................................................................................................................................................50 Human-Machine Integration for Exploration Science and Operations: History, Levels of Integration, and Open Questions D. B. Eppler...................................................................................................................................................51 ESA’S SMART-1 Mission: First Results at the Moon, Status and Next Steps B. H. Foing, G. D. Racca, M. Grande, J. Huovelin, J.-L. Josset, A. Nathues, H. U. Keller, A. Malkki, D. Heather, D. Koschny, M. Almeida, D. Frew, R. Lumb, J. Volp, J. Zender, O. Camino-Ramos, and SMART-1 Science and Technology Working Team...............................52 Economic Device System for Extracting the Dust and Aerosols from the Atmosphere of the Permanent Lunar or Martian Buildings T. Földi and Sz. Bérczi ..................................................................................................................................53 Volcanoes in Alphonsus Crater: 3-D Analysis of a Future Lunar Landing Site L. R. Gaddis, J. A. Skinner Jr., L. Keszthelyi, T. M. Hare, E. Howington-Kraus, M. Rosiek, and Astrogeology Team..............................................................................................................54 Meeting Nighttime Power and Thermal Requirements by Manipulation of the Lunar Surface Albedo and Emissivity I. Garrick-Bethell ..........................................................................................................................................55 Report of the LEAG Conference v Human-Robotic Field Relations for the Moon: Lessons from Simulated Martian EVAs W. B. Garry, W. J. Clancey, M. X. Sierhuis, J. S. Graham, R. L. Alena, J. Dowding, and A. Semple............................................................................................................................56 Sensor Development for the Detection and Characterization of Lunar Dust P. S. Greenberg .............................................................................................................................................57 Processing of Lunar Simulant by Partial Oxidation and Magma Electrolysis D. L. Grimmett ..............................................................................................................................................58