The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon Interim Report (2006) / Chapter Skim
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3 Related Themes and Goals
3 Related Themes and Goals
Pages 18-21
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To avoid confusion and misunderstandings, the objectives of each individual component project or mission that integrates space science and human spaceflight should be clearly specified and prioritized.2 3. Joint Spaceflight/Science Program Office -- The offices responsible for human spaceflight and space science should jointly establish and staff a program office to collaboratively implement the scientific component of human exploration.
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Some types of in situ and laboratory measurement technology have not yet achieved their potential to accomplish scientific goals. For use on both robotic and human missions and for returned samples, development of the following instrumentation capabilities poses a challenge: · In situ determination of the radiometric age of a crystalline igneous or impact melt with a precision of 10 percent or better of the age, which would address fundamental issues in lunar and planetary geochronology without sample return, preserving return mass for more sophisticated analysis.
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, commercial potential, and so on. Many of the science goals elucidated in this interim report depend critically for their successful accomplishment on getting to specific lunar landing sites.
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The attributes of the lunar outpost concept for purposes of scientific investigation deserve study. The potential advantages are increased time for detailed geologic study, geophysical instrument emplacements and traverse surveys, preliminary sample selection, follow-up on results obtained on earlier flights to the outpost, and utilization of logistics previously emplaced.
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