Workshop Overview:
This study will develop innovative, low-cost mission concepts for detecting and mapping polar ice deposits on the Moon. We will bring together experts in diverse fields of lunar science, technology and exploration to assess the current state of knowledge and identify the key measurements required to fundamentally advance understanding of the distribution and abundance of lunar ices. These measurement goals will be developed into an array of mission concepts, with an emphasis on low cost, focused architectures with high likelihood of realization.
From the set of possible missions, the study will select 2-3 for more detailed analysis, one of which may be pursued in a follow-on study. Ultimately, the goal is to enable identification of lunar ice deposits at small (~100 m) spatial scales suitable for future extraction, sample analysis, and in-situ resource utilization.
Team Leads
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JPL
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Caltech
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David Paige
UCLA
- Oded Aharonson — Weizmann Institute of Science Israel
- Leon Alkalai — JPL
- Shane Byrne — Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
- Barbara Cohen — NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Anthony Colaprete — NASA Ames Research Center
- Jean-Philippe Combe — Bear Fight Institute
- Christopher S. Edwards — Caltech
- Bethany Ehlmann — Caltech
- William C. Feldman — Planetary Science Institute
- Emily Foote — UCLA
- Benjamin T. Greenhagen — JPL
- Paul O. Hayne — JPL
- Brendan Hermalyn — University of Hawaii SOEST
- Andrew P. Ingersoll — Caltech
- Yang Liu — JPL
- Paul G. Lucey — University of Hawaii
- Benjamin K. Malphrus — Morehead State University
- Timothy P. McClanahan — NASA/GSFC
- Daniel J. McCleese — JPL
- Thomas B. McCord — Bear Fight Institute
- Catherine D. Neish — ORAU at NASA/GSFC
- David A. Paige — UCLA
- Michael J. Poston — Georgia Institute of Technology
- Gerald B. Sanders — NASA/JSC
- Norbert Schörghofer — University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Robert Glenn Sellar — JPL
- Matthew A. Siegler — JPL
- Robert L. Staehle — JPL
Presentations
| Speaker | Affiliation | Presentation |
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| Andy Ingersoll | Caltech | Volatiles on Airless Bodies (video) (5.9 MB pdf) |
| Dave Paige | UCLA | New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping – Recent Results: Thermal (video) (24 MB pdf) |
| Paul Lucey | University of Hawaii | Recent Reflectivity Results (video) (2.2 MB pdf) |
| Tim McClanahan | NASA/GSFC | Lunar Hydrogen Sequestration Towards Poleward Facing Slopes (video) (12.0 MB pdf) |
| Catherine Neish | NASA/GSFC | Radar Observations of the Lunar Poles (video) (25 MB pdf) |
| Tony Colaprete | NASA Ames Research Center | The Final Minute: Results from the LCROSS Solar Viewing NIR Spectrometer (video) (2.4 MB pdf) |
| Jean-Philippe Combe | Bear Fight Institute | Lunar OH/H2O: Distribution, Variations, Origin and Mobility (video) (5.8 MB pdf) |
| Gerald (Jerry) Sanders | NASA/JSC | Future Missions & In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Requirements (video) (2.3 MB pdf) |
| Robert Staehle | JPL | New Technology: Smallsat Missions (video) (3.53 MB pdf) |
| Leon Alkalai | JPL | Future Lunar Missions: Plans and Opportunities (video) (4.0 MB pdf) |
| Norbert Schörghofer | University of Hawaii at Manoa | Theories of Water on the Moon (138 KB pdf) |
| Bethany Ehlmann | Caltech, | IR Spectroscopy of Lunar Volatiles (503 KB pdf) |
| Michael Poston | Georgia Tech | Thermal Stability of Adsorbed Water Molecules on Lunar Materials (see same material presented via video at 2013 Lunar Science Forum) |
| Bill Feldman | Planetary Science Institute | Neutron Spectroscopy: What Do We Really Know About Lunar Ice? (1.6 MB pdf) |
| Matt Siegler | JPL | Could a Microwave Radiometer find Lunar Volatiles? (9.5 MB pdf) |
| Barbara Cohen | NASA Marshall, | Unique In Situ Science Goals (1.8 MB pdf) |
| Brendan Hermalyn | University of Hawaii | Impacts (3.4 MB pdf) |
| Matt Siegler | JPL | Simple Rules of Ice Migration and Retention (8.4 MB pdf) |
| Tony Colaprete | NASA Ames Research Center | Ultraviolet Observations for Lunar Volatile Detection and Mapping (1.2 MB pdf) |
| Catherine Neish | Future Radar Techniques (4.9 MB pdf) |
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| Matt Siegler | JPL | Could a Microwave Radiometer find Lunar Volatiles? (9.5 MB pdf) |
| Ben Malphrus | Morehead University | The Role of Students in Keck‐Class Lunar Missions (2.7 MB pdf) |
| Ben Malphrus | Morehead University | University SmallSat Programs and Technical Issues (3.5 MB pdf) |
