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The Impact of Lunar Dust on Human Exploration
Author | : Joel S. Levine |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2021-01-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1527564428 |
When the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, they made a very important discovery. During their landing on the surface of the Moon, the exhaust gases released from the Lunar Module landing rockets caused large amounts of surface dust to move into the thin lunar atmosphere, causing obscuration of the lunar surface. Once they landed, they found that the surface of the Moon was covered with several inches of very fine, tiny particles composed of sharp, glassy material. The lunar dust stuck to everything it came in contact with, and, once on the lunar surface, the dust eroded their spacesuits, caused overheating on equipment and instrumentation, compromised seals on their spacesuits and on lunar sample collecting boxes, irritated their eyes and lungs, and generally coated everything very efficiently. On the return to Earth in the Apollo Command Module, lunar dust inadvertently brought aboard floated freely in their cabin causing problems. Now, 50 years later, humans will return to the Moon in the Artemis Program, as early as 2024. This book summarizes what we know about lunar dust, its structure and chemical composition, its impact on human health, and how to reduce/mitigate its effects on future human exploration. The four dozen contributors to the 14 chapters in the book are planetary scientists, engineers, mission planners, medical researchers and physicians from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), as well as universities and industry from the United States, Australia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden.
Lunar Impact
Author | : R. Cargill Hall |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2013-01-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0486139719 |
America's first successful attempt at unmanned lunar exploration, Project Ranger culminated in close-up television images of the moon's surface. Sponsored by NASA and executed by the Jet Propulsion Lab, the project ran from 1959 to 1965 and produced management techniques, flight operating procedures, and technology employed by later space missions. This official NASA publication presents the complete history of the nine Project Ranger missions. Author R. Cargill Hall, the historian of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, offers an authoritative account of the evolution and operations of the continuing program of unmanned exploration of deep space. More than 100 photographs depict key personnel and illustrate rockets and a range of other equipment. Nine helpful appendixes feature a fascinating array of source documents.
Lunar Meteoroid Impacts and How to Observe Them
Author | : Brian Cudnik |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2010-03-10 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1441903240 |
The genesis of modern searches for observable meteoritic phenomena on the Moon is the paper by Lincoln La Paz in Popular Astronomy magazine in 1938. In it he argued that the absence of observed fashes of meteoritic impacts on the Moon might be interpreted to mean that these bodies are destroyed as luminous meteors in an extremely rarefed lunar atmosphere. The paper suggested the possibility of systematic searches for such possible lunar meteors. With these concepts in mind, I was surprised to note a transient moving bright speck on the Moon on July 10, 1941. It appeared to behave very much as a lunar meteor would – except that the poorly estimated duration would lead to a strongly hyperbolic heliocentric velocity. Thus, the idea of systematic searches for both p- sible lunar meteors and meteoritic impact fashes was born. It was appreciated that much time might need to be expended to achieve any positive results. Systematic searches were carried out by others and myself chiefy in the years 1945–1965 and became a regular program at the newly founded Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, or ALPO.
Lunar Sourcebook
Author | : Grant Heiken |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 796 |
Release | : 1991-04-26 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521334440 |
The only work to date to collect data gathered during the American and Soviet missions in an accessible and complete reference of current scientific and technical information about the Moon.
Encyclopedia of Lunar Science
Author | : Brian Cudnik |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 1287 |
Release | : 2023-05-13 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 331914541X |
The Encyclopedia of Lunar Science includes the latest topical data, definitions, and explanations of the many and varied facets of lunar science. This is a very useful reference work for a broad audience, not limited to the professional lunar scientist: general astronomers, researchers, theoreticians, practitioners, graduate students, undergraduate students, and astrophysicists as well as geologists and engineers. The title includes all current areas of lunar science, with the topical entries being established tertiary literature. The work is technically suitable to most advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The articles include topics of varying technical levels so that the top scientists of the field find this work a benefit as well as the graduate students and the budding lunar scientists. A few examples of topical areas are as follows: Basaltic Volcanism, Lunar Chemistry, Time and Motion Coordinates, Cosmic Weathering through Meteoritic Impact, Environment, Geology, Geologic History, Impacts and Impact Processes, Lunar Surface Processes, Origin and Evolution Theories, Regolith, Stratigraphy, Tectonic Activity, Topography, Weathering through ionizing radiation from the solar wind, solar flares, and cosmic rays.
Statistical Study of Effects of Insertion Errors on Ascent Trajectories for Lunar Missions
Author | : Harold A. Hamer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Space vehicles |
ISBN | : |
Apollo by the Numbers
Author | : Richard W. Orloff |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Moon |
ISBN | : |
This work is a unique collection of valuable statistical information about Project Apollo. It includes a chapter (about 20 pages each) for Apollo 1 through Apollo 17. There are several data tables for each mission, plus a 50-page section with additional statistics and tables that merge data for each mission so you can easily make comparisons. Tables include launch and ascent data, fuel consumption, stage impact locations, very detailed mission timelines, and much more.
Getting a Feel for Lunar Craters
Author | : David Hurd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Braille books |
ISBN | : |
The phases bring the Moon to life and highlight the complex moonscape of hills and ridges and dark and light areas. This book is designed to give you the basics about the craters that are found on the Moon.