Publication Date:
2013-04-10
Description:
In early 2008, NASA established the Lunar Quest Program, a new lunar science research program within NASA s Science Mission Directorate. The program included the establishment of the anchor nodes of the International Lunar Network (ILN), a network of lunar science stations envisioned to be emplaced by multiple nations. This paper describes the current status of the ILN Anchor Nodes mission development and the lander risk-reduction design and test activities implemented jointly by NASA s Marshall Space Flight Center and The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The lunar lander concepts developed by this team are applicable to multiple science missions, and this paper will describe a mission combining the functionality of an ILN node with an investigation of lunar polar volatiles.
Keywords:
Cybernetics, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Type:
M10-0655
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M10-0714
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Global Lunar Conference; 31 May - 3 Jun. 2010; Beijing; China
Format:
application/pdf
