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From: Pay_the_Piper
To: NASA News
Cc: Soil Remineralization ; [log in to unmask] ; [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: [SOIL_REMINERALIZATION] Re: NASA Sets Sights on Lunar Dust Exploration Mission
What are the prospects for mining and milling lunar dust and regolith? What
kind of precious metals etc. might you find in it?
How useful is it as fertilizer for aquaculture operations in Moon Towns?
PtP
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From: "NASA News" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "NASA News" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:33 PM
Subject: NASA Sets Sights on Lunar Dust Exploration Mission
> April 9, 2008
>
> Dwayne Brown
> Headquarters, Washington
> 203-358-1726
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> Deborah Robin Croft
> Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
> 650-604-6787
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> RELEASE: 08-095
>
> NASA SETS SIGHTS ON LUNAR DUST EXPLORATION MISSION
>
> WASHINGTON -- NASA is preparing to send a small spacecraft to the moon
> in 2011 to assess the lunar atmosphere and the nature of dust lofted
> above the surface.
>
> Called the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), the
> mission will launch before the agency's moon exploration activities
> accelerate during the next decade. LADEE will gather detailed
> information about conditions near the surface and environmental
> influences on lunar dust. A thorough understanding of these
> influences will help researchers understand how future exploration
> may shape the lunar environment and how the environment may affect
> future explorers.
>
> "LADEE represents a low-cost approach to science missions, enabling
> faster science return and more frequent missions," said Ames Director
> S. Pete Worden. "These measurements will provide scientific insight
> into the lunar environment, and give our explorers a clearer
> understanding of what they'll be up against as they set up the first
> outpost and begin the process of settling the solar system."
>
> LADEE is a cooperative effort with NASA's Ames Research Center at
> Moffett Field, Calif., Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.,
> and Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The total cost
> of the spacecraft is expected to be approximately $80 million.
>
> Ames will manage the mission, build the spacecraft and perform mission
> operations. Goddard will perform environmental testing and launch
> vehicle integration. The mission will be established within
> Marshall's newly created Lunar Science Program Office. Marshall will
> draw upon experience gained from managing a larger suite of low-cost,
> small satellite missions through NASA's Discovery and New Frontiers
> Program.
>
> LADEE will fly to the moon as a secondary payload on the Discovery
> mission called Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL),
> which is designed to take ultra-precise gravity field measurements of
> the moon. Current plans call for the GRAIL and LADEE spacecraft to
> launch together on a Delta II rocket and separate after they are on a
> lunar trajectory. LADEE will take approximately four months to travel
> to the moon, then undergo a month-long checkout phase and begin 100
> days of science operations.
>
> LADEE is one of many activities to support lunar exploration planned
> by NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Last year, NASA
> also established a lunar science institute at Ames. Research teams
> will address current topics in basic lunar science and possible
> astronomical, solar and Earth science investigations that could be
> performed from the moon. In addition, NASA is preparing for
> scientific investigations following the planned launch later this
> year of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). After a 30-year
> hiatus, LRO represents NASA's first step toward returning humans to
> the moon.
>
> For more information on NASA and agency programs, visit:
>
> http://www.nasa.gov
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>
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