Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG)

Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group
November 16-19, 2009

Meeting Findings | Press Release

AGENDA


Monday, November 16, 2009
COMMUNITY UPDATES
Moderator: Clive R. Neal
   
What is Required to Make Lunar Exploration Sustainable?
8:20 a.m. W. M. Hawes *
Augustine Commission (no charts were used)
   
8:45 a.m.

Hanley J.*
Constellation Overview

   
9:05 a.m.

Adams J*
SMD Decadal Survey Process

   
9:25 a.m.

Cohen B .A.* Shearer, C.
Report – Inner Planets Panel

   
10:05 a.m.

Adams J.*
Lunar Quest Program Update (SMD)

   
10:25 a.m.

Olson J.*
OSEWG Update

   
10:45 a.m.

Deans M. C. *
Update of OSEWG-LEAG-SARTC Robotics Workshop

   
11:00 a.m.

Morrison D. *
NLSI

   
11:15 a.m.

Neal C. R. *
LEAG Roadmap Review

   
11:30 a.m.

Sacksteder K. *
Theme 3 Sustainability

   
11:45 a.m.

Taylor G. J. *
Why Settle the Moon?

   
INTRODUCTION TO THE MEETING THEME AND THE LUNAR EXPLORATION ROADMAP
Moderator: G. Jeffrey Taylor
   
How does a Sustainable Lunar Exploration Program Benefit Lunar Science and Solar System Exploration?
1:15 p.m.

Cooke D. *
AA ESMD

   
1:45 p.m.

Spudis P. D. *
A Sustainable Return to the Moon

   
2:15 p.m.

Blair B. R. *
Quantitative Approaches to Lunar Economic Modeling

   
2:45 p.m.

Plescia J. B. *
The Influence of Lunar Outpost Objectives on Outpost Capabilities

   
3:00 p.m.

Mitchell C. A. * Massa G. D. Wheeler R. M. Stutte G. W. Yorio N. C. Monje O. A. Bourget C. M. Morrow R. C.
Energy-Efficient Plant-Growth Lighting: Key to Sustainability of the Lunar Base and Beyond

   
Current and Future Missions: How Will the Results of Current and Future International Missions Facilitate a Sustainable Lunar Architecture?
3:30 p.m.

Cohen B. A. * MSFC/APL ILN Team
Geohazards on the Moon and the Importance of the International Lunar Network (ILN)

   
4:00 p.m. Pieters C.
Water, Water Everywhere?
   
4:30 p.m.

Elphic R. C. * Paige D. A. Siegler M. A. Eke V. R. Teodoro L. F. A. Lawrence D. J.
South Pole Hydrogen Distributions for Present Lunar Conditions

   
4:45 p.m. Teodoro L. F. A. * Eke V. R. Elphic R.
Lunar Hydrogen Distribution after Kaguya (SELENE)
   
5:00 p.m. Bussey D. B. J. * McGovern J. A. Spudis P. D. Neish C. D. Sörensen S.-A.
Lunar Polar Illumination Conditions Derived Using Kaguya Laser Data
   

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

RESULTS FROM LRO-LCROSS
Moderator: Michael Wargo
   
8:30 a.m.

Culbert C.*
How will the Results from LRO/LCROSS Benefit Constellation?

   
How will the Results from LRO/LCROSS Facilitate a Sustainable Lunar Architecture?
9:00 a.m.

Vondrak R. Keller J. Chin G. Garvin J.
Overview of the LRO Mission

   
Lunar Polar Regions — Resources and Characteristics
9:20 a.m.

Robinson M. S. *
Imagery (LROC)

   
9:40 a.m. Smith D. E. *
Initial Results from LOLA
   
10:00 a.m. Paige D. A. *
Temperature (DIVINER)
   
10:20 a.m.

Mitrofanov I. G. *
Hydrogen Mappinng with LEND

   
10:40 a.m. Bussey D. B. J. *
Mini-RF: Topography/Ice
   
11:00 a.m. Retherford K. D.*
Volatiles (LAMP)
   
Radiation Hazards
11:20 a.m.

Kasper J. *
CRaTER Results

   
11:40 a.m.

Litvak M. L. *
Neutron Radiation Environment from LEND

   
12:15 a.m. Space Policy and ISRU - Community Forum
   
RESULTS FROM LRO-LCROSS (Continued)
Moderator: Stephen Mackwell
   
1:15 p.m. Colaprete A.*
LCROSS Results
   
1:45 p.m. Schultz P.H.*, Hermalyn B., Colaprete T., and the LCROSS Team.
Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS).
   
Navigation  
2:15 p.m. Mazarico E. *
Knowledge of Locations on the Lunar Surface
   
Non-Polar Resources and Characteristis
2:35 p.m. Robinson M.* and the LROC Team
Some LROC Highlights
   
2:55 p.m. Allen C. *
Infrared (DIVINER) — Rock Abundance/Composition
   
3:15 p.m. Neumann G. A. *
Surface Roughness
   
Mapping of Specific Sites
   
3:35 p.m. Gruener J. *
Sites Targeted for Constellation
   
4:05 p.m. Jolliff B.*
Constellation Targets
   
4:25 p.m. Noble S. K. * French R. A. Nall M. E. Muery K. G.
The Lunar Mapping and Modeling Project
   

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Session 1

 
LUNAR IN SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION
Moderator: Robers S. Wegeng
 

 

8:30 a.m. Wegeng R. S. *
Space Resource Roundtable
 

 

9:00 a.m. Session: NASA R&D Activities
 

Sanders G. B. *
Exploration Sustainability: Benefits and Hurdles of Incorporating In-Situ Resource Utilization

   
9:45 a.m.

Bualat M.*
2009 Human Robotic Systems Overview

   
10:30 a.m.

Taylor L. A. *
Lunar Prospecting "Desirements"

   
10:45 a.m.

Jolliff B. L.*
Lunar Polar Resources

   
11:00 a.m.

Taylor G. J. *
Two Resource Targets with Scientific Return

   

LUNAR IN SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION (continued)

Moderator: Robert S. Wegeng
 

 

1:15 p.m. Boucher D. S.*
Prospecting Rovers
   
1:30 p.m.

Deans M. C.*
Robotic Site Survey for ISRU

   
1:45 p.m. Whitaker W.*
Robotic Prospecting, Exploration and Science
   
3:00 p.m. Session: Lunar Resource Technologies, Products, and Applications
 

Larson W. *
Field Test of Lunar In Situ Resource Utilization System

   
3:40 p.m.

Sacksteder K. *
Thermal Wadis

   
4:00 p.m. Faierson E. J. * Logan K. V.
Lunar Construction Material Production Using Regolith Simulant in a Geothermite Reaction
   
4:20 p.m. Clark P. E. * Boyle R. Ku J. Beaman B. Rogers R. D. Smiglak M. Nagihara S. Knowles G. Bradley M.
Geothermal System Designs for Lunar Surface Environment Science Activities
   
4:40 p.m. Marone M. * Paley M. S. Donovan D. N. Karr L. J.
Lunar Oxygen Production and Metals Extraction Using Ionic Liquids
   

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Session 2
   

THE NEED FOR LUNAR SAMPLES AND SIMULANTS: WHERE ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE MEET

   
Moderators: Lars Borg
Clive R. Neal
   
How can the Apollo Lunar Samples be used to Facilitate NASA’s Return to the Moon While Preserving the Collection for Scientific Investigation?
1:15 p.m. 

Lofgren G. E. *
Overview and Status of the Apollo Lunar Collection

   
1:35 p.m.

Allen C. Sellar G. Nunez J. Winterhalter D. Farmer J.
High-grading Lunar Samples for Potential Return to Earth

   
1:55 p.m. 

Wadhwa M. *
The Role of CAPTEM in Lunar Sample Allocation

   
2:15 p.m.

Neal C. R. *
Lunar Science Studies Using Lunar Samples

   
2:35 p.m. 

Ferl R. *
Lunar Sample Requirements for Biology; Plant Responses to Lunar Regolith in Support of Human Missions and as a Measure of Lunar Biological Responses

   
3:05 p.m.

Taylor L. A. *
Lunar Sample Requirements Versus Simulants for Engineering and Applied Science

   
3:35 p.m.

McLemore C. A. *
The Need for Lunar Simulants

   
3:55 p.m.

Kawamoto H. Uchiyama M. Cooper B. L. McKay D. S. *
Mitigation of Lunar Dust on Solar Panels and Optical Elements for Lunar Exploration Utilizing Electrostatic Traveling-Wave

   
4:10 p.m. Varga T. N. * Héricz M. Frankó M. Nagyházi A. Magyar I. Varga T. P. Bérczi Sz. Hudoba Gy. Hegyi S.
Experiments and Field Works with NASA Lunar Samples and Terrestrial Analogues by the Hunveyor Space Probe Model
   
4:25 p.m. Miura Yas. *
Lunar Fluids from Carbon and Chlorine Contents of the Apollo Lunar Samples
   
4:40 p.m. Nuñez J. I. * Farmer J. D. Sellar R. G. Allen C. C.
Analysis of Apollo Samples with the Multispectral Microscopic Imager (MMI)

Thursday, November 19, 2009
   
SYNTHESIS SESSION: INPUT AND REFINEMENTS TO THE SUSTAINABILITY THEME OF THE LUNAR EXPLORATION ROADMAP
   
Moderator: Paul Eckert
   
8:45 a.m. Neal C. R. *
Community Updates
   
8:55 a.m. Taylor G. J. *
How does a Sustainable Lunar Exploration Program Benefit Lunar Science and Solar System Exploration?
   
9:05 a.m. Wargo M. *
Results from LRO/LCROSS – Part 1
   
9:15 a.m. Mackwell S. J. *
Results from LRO/LCROSS – Part 2
   
9:25 a.m. Wengeng R. S. *
Lunar In Situ Resource Utilization
   
9:45 a.m. Neal C. R. *
The Need for Lunar Samples and Simulants
   

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