Publikationsdatum:
2011-08-19
Beschreibung:
The development of the Lunar Get-Away Special (GAS) canister to search for water on the moon is discussed. The possibility of detecting water on the moon with a gamma-ray spectrometer in a close polar orbit is reviewed. The Lunar GAS configuration, payloads, and subsystems, and a mission scenario are described. The Lunar GAS has a total mass of 150 kg and would require only 33 kg of xenon gas propellant to reach lunar orbit after a launch by the Space Shuttle.
Schlagwort(e):
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Materialart:
Aerospace America (ISSN 0740-722X); 27; 40-42
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