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'''Meeting Agenda:''' | '''Meeting Agenda:''' | ||
1. Overview of the tasks at hand (scouting class & sample return class missions, for now); | 1. Overview of the tasks at hand (scouting class & sample return class missions, for now); | ||
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2. Top-level brainstorming of major science goals & requirements on the planned near-term lunar robotic missions; | 2. Top-level brainstorming of major science goals & requirements on the planned near-term lunar robotic missions; | ||
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3. Discuss specific points: | 3. Discuss specific points: | ||
| − | • Possible landing locations (regions, not specific sites) + rationale? | + | |
| − | • What instrumentation do we need on each of the rovers? | + | • Possible landing locations (regions, not specific sites) + rationale? |
| − | • Science payload requirements for each of the landers? | + | • What instrumentation do we need on each of the rovers? |
| − | • What sort of payload space/mass do we need to plan for on the landers & satellite? | + | • Science payload requirements for each of the landers? |
| − | • How small of a payload could be useful? Note that Science Payload = roughly 20 lbs per rover, for ~10 rovers (exact mass of payload will determine the number of rovers, therefore limiting or increasing # of potential landing sites) | + | • What sort of payload space/mass do we need to plan for on the landers & satellite? |
| + | • How small of a payload could be useful? Note that Science Payload = roughly 20 lbs per rover, for ~10 rovers (exact mass of payload will determine the number of rovers, therefore limiting or increasing # of potential landing sites) | ||
'''Results of brainstorming:''' | '''Results of brainstorming:''' | ||
| − | • Camera on each rover (TBD) | + | • Camera on each rover (TBD) |
| − | • Reflector on top of each rover for lazer ranging | + | • Reflector on top of each rover for lazer ranging |
| − | • Test life detection tools on “planted” organic matter | + | • Test life detection tools on “planted” organic matter |
| − | • Petri dish “mini-dome” or spores (seed a panel of the lander?) | + | • Petri dish “mini-dome” or spores (seed a panel of the lander?) |
| − | • Plant growth experiments with regolith | + | • Plant growth experiments with regolith |
| − | • Micrometeorite flux measurement: aerogel on each rover | + | • Micrometeorite flux measurement: aerogel on each rover |
| − | • Dosimeter: flux of one or more types of radiation | + | • Dosimeter: flux of one or more types of radiation |
| − | • Save one rover for PR: just a camera & arm | + | • Save one rover for PR: just a camera & arm |
| − | • LIDAR for dust settling (but ~100 lbs) | + | • LIDAR for dust settling (but ~100 lbs) |
| − | • Mini-mass spectrometer (Carleton engineering, working with CSA – toaster sized) | + | • Mini-mass spectrometer (Carleton engineering, working with CSA – toaster sized) |
| − | • Dost lofting at the terminator | + | • Dost lofting at the terminator |
| − | • Microwave sintering experiment; before & after shots, “lunar fire pit” | + | • Microwave sintering experiment; before & after shots, “lunar fire pit” |
| − | • Reactivity of lunar dust: measuring oxidation state | + | • Reactivity of lunar dust: measuring oxidation state |
| − | • ChemMin – XRD, XRF | + | • ChemMin – XRD, XRF |
| − | • APXS | + | • APXS |
| − | • Trenches, stratigraphy, look for permafrost | + | • Trenches, stratigraphy, look for permafrost |
| − | • GPR, stratigraphy, look for permafrost | + | • GPR, stratigraphy, look for permafrost |
| − | • Study carbon (meteorite implanted) in regolith | + | • Study carbon (meteorite implanted) in regolith |
| − | • Lunar volatiles | + | • Lunar volatiles |
| − | • Geophysics (seismics, part of International lunar network) | + | • Geophysics (seismics, part of International lunar network) |
Revision as of 13:07, 5 February 2009
**OL Science Team meetings will commence in Feb 2009. Please contact Melissa (contact info at [1]) if you have relevant expertise & would like to participate in future meetings. Meeting notes will be posted here: OpenLuna Science.**
February 4, 2009
OpenLuna Science Team Meeting Notes
In attendance: Dom, Simon, Matt, Haley, Ed, Mel
Absent: Rhi, Em, Rod, Laura, Annie
Location: University of Western Ontario, Centre for Planetary Science & Exploration, http://planetsci.uwo.ca/
Meeting Agenda:
1. Overview of the tasks at hand (scouting class & sample return class missions, for now);
2. Top-level brainstorming of major science goals & requirements on the planned near-term lunar robotic missions;
3. Discuss specific points:
• Possible landing locations (regions, not specific sites) + rationale? • What instrumentation do we need on each of the rovers? • Science payload requirements for each of the landers? • What sort of payload space/mass do we need to plan for on the landers & satellite? • How small of a payload could be useful? Note that Science Payload = roughly 20 lbs per rover, for ~10 rovers (exact mass of payload will determine the number of rovers, therefore limiting or increasing # of potential landing sites)
Results of brainstorming:
• Camera on each rover (TBD) • Reflector on top of each rover for lazer ranging • Test life detection tools on “planted” organic matter • Petri dish “mini-dome” or spores (seed a panel of the lander?) • Plant growth experiments with regolith • Micrometeorite flux measurement: aerogel on each rover • Dosimeter: flux of one or more types of radiation • Save one rover for PR: just a camera & arm • LIDAR for dust settling (but ~100 lbs) • Mini-mass spectrometer (Carleton engineering, working with CSA – toaster sized) • Dost lofting at the terminator • Microwave sintering experiment; before & after shots, “lunar fire pit” • Reactivity of lunar dust: measuring oxidation state • ChemMin – XRD, XRF • APXS • Trenches, stratigraphy, look for permafrost • GPR, stratigraphy, look for permafrost • Study carbon (meteorite implanted) in regolith • Lunar volatiles • Geophysics (seismics, part of International lunar network)
Landing sites: near south pole, permanently shadowed + sunlit areas, spanning to terminator “The D” – recently outgassing volcano
