- Lunar Geodesy and Sensing: Methods and Results from Recent Lunar Exploration Missions

2014 ◽  
pp. 16-33
Keyword(s):  
Lunar Exploration

The Geosciences Applied to Lunar Exploration

1962 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 169-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Green
Keyword(s):  
Lunar Surface ◽  
Probable Mechanism ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Lunar Exploration ◽  
Geological Model ◽  
Apply Geophysics ◽  
Surface Features ◽  
The Impact

The term geo-sciences has been used here to include the disciplines geology, geophysics and geochemistry. However, in order to apply geophysics and geochemistry effectively one must begin with a geological model. Therefore, the science of geology should be used as the basis for lunar exploration. From an astronomical point of view, a lunar terrain heavily impacted with meteors appears the more reasonable; although from a geological standpoint, volcanism seems the more probable mechanism. A surface liberally marked with volcanic features has been advocated by such geologists as Bülow, Dana, Suess, von Wolff, Shaler, Spurr, and Kuno. In this paper, both the impact and volcanic hypotheses are considered in the application of the geo-sciences to manned lunar exploration. However, more emphasis is placed on the volcanic, or more correctly the defluidization, hypothesis to account for lunar surface features.

How the Allocation of Lander Functions Impacts Human Lunar Exploration Archiecture Propellant Demands

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo A. Clark ◽  
Alejandro Pensado ◽  
Christopher A. Jones ◽  
Melanie L. Grande ◽  
Emily Judd
Keyword(s):  
Lunar Exploration

Optical Navigation for Lunar Exploration Missions

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Landgraf ◽  
G. Thiele ◽  
D. Koschny ◽  
B. Udrea
Keyword(s):  
Lunar Exploration ◽  
Optical Navigation

Mission objectives and payloads for the first lunar exploration of China

2005 ◽  
Vol 57 (2-8) ◽  
pp. 561-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.X. Sun ◽  
S.W. Dai
Keyword(s):  
Lunar Exploration
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