Difference between revisions of "OpenLuna Science"
(Created page) |
(Added science meeting notes) |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''**OL Science Team meetings will commence in Feb 2009. Please contact Melissa (contact info at [http://www.openluna.org/bios.shtml]) if you have relevant expertise & would like to participate in future meetings. Meeting notes will be posted here: [[OpenLuna Science]].**''' | '''**OL Science Team meetings will commence in Feb 2009. Please contact Melissa (contact info at [http://www.openluna.org/bios.shtml]) 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 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ------------------------------------------ |
Revision as of 13:00, 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