Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group

Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group

Program and Abstract Volume LPI Contribution No. 1820 LUNAR AND PLANETARY IN S TIT U TE Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group October 22-24, 2014 Laurel, Maryland INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT NASA Lunar Exploration Analysis Group The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Lunar and Planetary Institute National Aeronautics and Space Administration CONVENERS Samuel Lawrence Arizona State University Stephen Mackwell Lunar and Planetary Institute Clive Neal University of Notre Dame Jeffrey Plescia The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory SCIENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Samuel Lawrence Arizona State University Clive Neal University of Notre Dame Noah Petro NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Jeffrey Plescia The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory Charles Shearer University of New Mexico Stephen Mackwell Lunar and Planetary Institute James Carpenter European Space Agency-ESTEC Jasper Halekas University of Iowa Greg Schmidt NASA Ames Research Center Lunar and Planetary Institute 3600 Bay Area Boulevard Houston TX 77058-1113 LPI Contribution No. 1820 Compiled in 20 14 by Meeting and Publication Services Lunar and Planetary Institute USRA Houston 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston TX 77058-1113 This material is based upon work supported by NASA under Award No. NNX08AC28A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this volume are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 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. Material in this volume may be copied without restraint for library, abstract service, education, or personal research purposes; however, republication of any paper or portion thereof requires the written permission of the authors as well as the appropriate acknowledgment of this publication. Abstracts in this volume may be cited as Author A. B. (20 14) Title of abstract. In Annual Meeting ofthe Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, p. XX. LPI Contribution No. 1820, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston. ISSN No. 0161-5297 Preface This volume contains abstracts that have been accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, October 22-24, 2014, Laurel, Maryland. Administration and publications support for this meeting were provided by the staff of the Meeting and Publication Services Department at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. Technical Guide to Sessions Wednesday, October 22, 2014 8:30a.m. Bldg. 200, Room 100 Lunar Programmatic Issues- NASA/LEAG 1:30 p.m. Bldg. 200, Room 100 Lunar Volatiles: Current Understanding I 5:30p.m. Bldg. 200, Lobby Poster Session Thursday, October 23, 2014 8:30a.m. Bldg. 200, Room 100 Lunar Volatiles: Current Understanding II 1:30 p.m. Bldg. 200, Room 100 Lunar Volatiles: Current Understanding III Friday, October 24, 2014 8:30a.m. Bldg. 200, Room I 00 Future Exploration: Instruments, Missions, and Techniques 1:30p.m. Bldg. 200, Room 100 Future Exploration: Strategies and Opportunities Contents Program ....................................................................................................................................................................... xi Taurus Littrow Pyroclastic Deposit- An Optimum Feedstock for Lunar Oxygen C. C. Allen ....................................................................................................................................................... I The Need for Lunar and Planetary Cartography Planning B. A. Archinal, R. L. Kirk, L. R. Gaddis, .!. Hagerty, .!. Skinner, T. N. Titus, L. P. Keszthelyi, T. Hare, S . .!. Lawrence, R. Beyer, A. Nefian, T. Fang, and T. Duxbwy ......................................................... 3 Coregistration of Elevation Data from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter and the SELENE Terrain Camera M. K. Barker, E. Mazarico, G. A. Neumann, D. E. Smith, and M. T. Zuber ................................................... 5 Astronaut Geology Training .!. E. Bleacher, D. B. Eppler, B . .!. Tewksbury, and M. A. Helper ................................................................... 7 Accessing and Assessing Lunar Resources with PROSPECT .!. D. Cmpenter, S. Barber, P. Cerroni, R. Fisackerly, A. Fumagalli, B. Houdou, C. Howe, P. G. Magnani, A. Morse, E. Monchieri, P. Reiss, L. Richter, F. Rizzi, S. Sheridan, L. Waugh, and I. P. Wright .............................................................................................................................. 9 Lunar Exploration in ESA .!. D. Carpenter, B. Houdou, F. Fisackerly, D. De Rosa, B. Patti, .!. Schiemann, B. Hufenbach, and B. Foing .......................................................................................................................... 11 Investigation oflonized Volatiles and Interior Structure of the Moon: Implications from Restored Apollo Magnetic Field Data P . .!. Chi ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Detennining the Magnitude of Neutron and Galactic Cosmic Ray (GCR) Fluxes at the Moon Using the Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector (LEND) During the Historic Space-Age Era of High GCR Flux G. Chin, R. Sagdeev, G. M. Millikh, D. Usikov, .!. .!. Su, W. Boynton, D. Golovin, K. Harshman, M. Litvak, I. G. Mitrofanov, T. McClanahan, T. A. Livengood, L. Evans, and R. Starr ................................................................................................................................... 15 An ALSEP-Like Lunar Surface Science Package in a Cubesat Form Factor? P. E. Clark, .!. Didion, and R. Cox ................................................................................................................ 16 Deep Space Cubesat Orbiter and Compact Broadband IR Instrument to Determine the Systematics of Lunar Water P. E. Clark, R. MacDowall, D. Reuter, R. Mauk,.!. Didion, D. Patel, W. Farrell, and R. Cox .................... 17 LROC NAC Photometry as a Tool for Studying Physical and Compositional Properties of the Lunar Surface R. N. Clegg, B. L. Jolliff, A. K. Boyd, .!. D. Stopar, H. Sa to, M S. Robinson, and B. W. Hapke ................... 18 Lunar Flashlight: Mapping Lunar Surface Volatiles Using a Cube sat B. A. Cohen, P. O. Hayne, D. A. Paige, and B. T. Greenhagen .................................................................... 20 Copernicus Crater: Compelling Science Exploration Target Waiting for Future Missions D. Dhingra, C. M. Pieters, and.!. W. Head................................................................................................... 22 Solar Wind Implantation into Lunar Regolith: Hydrogen Retention in a Surface with Defects W M Farrell, D. M Hurley, and MI. Zimmerman ..................................................................................... 24 Lunar Surface Models H. Fink. .......................................................................................................................................................... 25 The Geology oflnferno Chasm, Idaho: A Terrestrial Analog for Lunar Rilles? W B. Gany, S. S. Hughes, S. E. Kobs Nawotniak, C. D. Neish, C. W Haberle, J L. Heldmann, D. S. S. Lim, and FINESSE Team ....................................................................................... 26 Spectral and Therrnophysical Properties of Lunar Swirls from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer T D. Glotch, J L. Bandfield, P. G. Lucey, P. O. Hayne, B. T Greenhagen, J A. Arnold, R. R. Ghent, and D. A. Paige ......................................................................................................................... 28 The Benefits of Sample Return: Connecting Apollo Soils and Diviner Lunar Radiometer Remote Sensing Data B. T. Greenhagen, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, I. R. Thomas, N. E. Bowles, C. C. Allen, C. M Pieters, and D. A. Paige ...................................................................................................................... 30 International Strategy for the Exploration of Lunar Polar Volatiles J E. Gruener and N. H. Suzuki ..................................................................................................................... 31 Why Do We Need the Moon: Next Steps Forward for Moon Exploration U. G. Guven ................................................................................................................................................... 32 Space Mission to the Moon with a Low Cost Moon Probe Nanosatellite: University Project Feasibility Analysis and Design Concepts U G. Guven, G. V. Velidi, and L. D. Datta ................................................................................................... 33 ARTEMIS Observations of the Space Environment Around the Moon and its Interaction with the Atmosphere and Surface J S. Halekas and ARTEMIS Team ................................................................................................................ 34 Evidence for Exposed Water Frost in the Moon's South Polar Regions from LRO Ultraviolet Albedo and Temperature Measurements P. O. Hayne, A. Hendrix, E. Sefton-Nash, P. G. Lucey, K. D. Retherford, J-P. Williams, M A. Siegler, B. T Greenhagen, and D. A. Paige ........................................................................................ 36

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