. ' ufol NASA TECHNICAL ···NASA -TM- X.-536-55 _. ·' ' Septeinber 14, 1967 A PROPOSED HYPOTHETICAL EXPLORATION MISSION IN THE FLAMSTEED CRATER REGION OF THE MOON 'v' •> \. By Otha H. Vaughan, Jr. Aero-Astrodyna1llics Laboratory NAS·A George C. Marshall Space Flight Center~ Huntsville~ Alabama ·. '. .. ···- -- - TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM X-53655 A PROPOSED HYPOTHEl'ICAL-EXJ;>LGRATION ~tsS:i:GN IN THE FLAMSTEED CRATER RE~ION oF THE gooN ~y Otha H. Vaughan, Jr. George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, Alabama ABSTRACT A hypothetical 14-day lunar surface mission is proposed for two astron~tits to investigate the lull,ar terrain and larger features about a preseiected landing site. Becau~e the Surveyor I spacecraft soft­ landed in the Flams-t~ed Cr~ter r'eglon and demonstrated that a,n up.manped spacecraft can safely Land in thi.s particular area, this site' will, for pul;'.poses of this paper, be c9p$ide:J;"ed a suitable site in which to carry out a proposed scient'ific exploration mission. The pl;'oposed mi~sioil will be· supp_orted by a lupa,r shelter (to be' ia,nded up tq six months before the 'manned' landing) which will serve both as a shelter and a cottnnunica­ tions center wit:h t.he earth. A smail rovtng veQ.:icle will be usE!d for m,armed trave.rses within a radius of. eigh~ ki-lometer~ abol1t th~ shelter, and a, flying vepich~ will be. us.ed for f1 ights up to 30 kilomet.ers away. scientific instrumerttat:i.on will be provided for experiments in several disciplin~s. ·The g~plogical and geophysical investigations :i-nclude (1) sample collection, seismic, IIIC!-gnetic, and gra:v'ity surveys' and long- tel:-~ tic;J.al and. quake measurements and (2) measureft1ents of ra~iation, temperature, micronieteoroid flux, etc. An engineering investigation on the S1,1rveyor I spacecrl:ift and its components will also be conducted. NASA - GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER '< .l :.....- . •.), ,i"" ~· . ~ : ~ 1 : • t i.': r . .. ::• r·. ..3·:·i.b ..t''?dt:.Jj :.i\(..; .. :r~<·:-il-.!.~ ;;.:::fj __ :t r;·)J::r~.. ·~·f:~Xt..(<~3 :: t .J k~:ti.. f~-~ ··~ :::.z. ·.. ~ .. ~:.ty· ;,..:·:o.i~f'~: ' f.,f~ ·.j •. ' ,~·-~· ~::-:;r:;·~'J.' ~=·r~;:·~;·:;:J'.ti!'/ ·l~- ·?;·t<i"~~- ~'~·t·~.,.,.} ~-~~-~ ::f._.,_j~(-/.]~,l :-~J .. ~ h!iJ.:,. J:l.~~,.,i'.'~"··~-:~;-r.~~ > NASA - GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER Technical Memorandum X-53655 A PROPOSED HYPOTHETICAL EXPLORATION MISSION IN THE FLAMSTEED CRATER REGION OF THE MOON By Otha H. Vaughan, Jr . .l \; LIST OF 'ILLUSTRATIONS FiBure Title Page 1 Mission Landing Regioil ....................... 9 2 Mission Landing Site at 100 Meter Resolution .. 10 :3a S!lrveyor .I S_ite at 8 Meter Re~olution ....... _.. U_ 3b Surveyor I Site at 1 Meter Resolution .......•. 12 4 Lunar Shelter Concept •........................ 13 5 Roving Vehicle Gori<;:epts .......•..•...•......•. 13 6 Flying V~4icle Concept ......•................. 14 7 3- Meter Hand Drill •.••••. , ..•.•.•..•••.•...... 14 8 Surveying Staff._..•..••.•.•••..••...•••....... 15 9 Emplaced Remote Scientific· Station ...•.....••. 15 10 Tools and Carrier ........................•.... 16 lla Flams 'f:7et;:!d ¢ .................................. 17 llb F-la.riis teed f3 •••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••• 17 12 Landing Site and Typical Sorties ••••••••.••.•• 18 iii c c ··: 'r::if 'I-; ·.. ~' (I , .... ~-- __ . ri'~~,.~<J_'I,( ··n::c.d_,.,,,,( _. ,. _ _· _:r:t:; __ . _ .... ·.. ,. .. _: . ·.···· , _ ____: . :,,., ,,,..;_..,."'A hyp~c;i.~l;l¢:;~ic:alr:.;J.4.;-:daiY.""-luharJ s:urfa.c-e~:.m'i's'sfi'oii :]fs')!p,t'opo·se'd~'·:f'Or4'fw'o-- as tro- "'· · ·.:..t.-,.·;t:.~, :·.. ~ r:~.>..,"- ~:·,-:~.-~~-'.l"~,-:.,7::_· :~,,~;.z.~~.;.. ..,,... · ...~·;:r.~- ~- _~ · ":.::· __·-J.;.,. -~!. 1 : . .:_.> .... · ·-·~:.::~ :;, _.:v::- -'~.,- ~J . ."'_;; ·• ·-·\ . i... __ .__ :.., ---. .::~·-~~~. __ ,.,_ ->·-:~ . :...; ::::..:~·;.·.:~-·--~-.:~.. ~'{A,--. :· . · -- · ,. :1i:" n~l!-:ts.~;. :t:o >;ip:Ves·t-i'g:ate.~vthe~jil uiiar'();i;:et.ta-in , 0ai:J.d''i'llai;'ge:t;~£e'a::tu:f~es . 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