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ExploringPitCraterstoUnderstandtheLunarMariaL.Kerber,L.Keszthelyi,D.H.Needham,J.W.Head,R.L.Klima,A.M.Stickle,K.DonaldsonHanna,J.W.Ashley,P.O.Hayne,M.Malaska,L.
Jozwiak,J.Whitten,P.Isaacson,L.Wilson,K.Mitchell,R.C.Anderson,B.Denevi,L.Cheek,J.Bleacher
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CriticalAreas
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CriticalAreas
Lunar Regolith Larry Taylor
Sand with MAHLI. NASA/JPL
BP-1 simulant, E. Suescun-Florez et al. 2014
Randy Korotev
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CriticalAreas
TheRegolith/BedrockInterface:• Howregolithismade(fracturesinthebedrock?)
• Howthecompositionoftheregolithcomparestothelavasunderneathit
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Keszthelyietal.
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu
Quinn Dombrowski
Themare:Thick,flood-like flows,orslower, complexinflatedflows?
Paleoregolith layers?
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C.E. Jones-TheLunarSourcebook
Context!Texture,mineralogy,andelementalchemistry
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TheLavaTube:• Pristinelavaonthefloorandwalls• Geometry• Precursorforhumanexploration
• Protectedfromradiationandmicrometeorites
• Balmytemperatureof-30Cyear-round
CriticalAreas
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Whichisbest?
• Thicknessofsection
• Verticalityofregolithcone
• Context• Possibilityofa
largetube
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MareTranquillitatis Pit
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Kepler
Aristarchus
ReinerGamma
MariusHillsPit
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Access:TheAxelRover• Poweredby
solarpanelsonthesurface
• Communicationlinkthroughitstether
OperationofLunakhod
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Divingintothehistoryofthemare
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Payload:• Contextcameras• Microimager• APXS• SWIRspectrometer
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