SSI Quick History: The Search For Lunar Water

EVENTS March, 1989-Twentieth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX: We have proposed a session on Lunar Probe Missions—Engineering and Science considerations at this conference which takes place March 13-17,1989. For information about the conference, contact the Lunar and Planetary Institute at (713) 486-2150. March 11-12, 1989 — Houston Space Society Lunar Probe Conference: SSI is co-sponsoring this weekend meeting which will feature presentations by Dr. Gay Canough on our work. For information, write Jim Davidson, P.O. Box 266151, Houston, TX 77207, (713) 643-6373. May-1989 Princeton Conference on Space Manufacturing Lunar Prospector Workshop: The results of SSI’s (closed session) Lunar Prospector Workshop will be summarized in a special evening session on Thursday, May 12, 1989, which is open to all registrants of the 1989 Princeton Conference on Space Manufacturing. For information, contact Barbara Faughnan, Space Studies Institute, P.O. Box 82, Princeton, NJ 08542, (609) 921-0377. July-August, 1989-Intemational Space University Lunar Probe Design Project, Strasbourg, France: International Space University (ISU) will conduct a design study on lunar probes during its 1989 summer session. For information, contact ISU at (617) 247-1987. LGAS Sketchbook Equipment arrangement for stowed configuration — view of sun side Equipment arrangement for stowed configuration — view of anti-sun side Lunar GAS flight configuration Space Studies Institute P.O. Box 82 Princeton, New Jersey 08542 Major structural elements Example linking orbit Functional block diagram of propulsion system Bibliography on Lunar Water and Lunar Probes: “Low Cost Lunar Polar Mission” Jim French, SSI Newsletter, January/ February 1987 and March/April 1987. Both issues at $2.50 “Lunar Getaway Special Spacecraft,” Nock, Aston, Salazar & Stella, AIAA (available from SSI, $5.00) “Ice at the Lunar Polar Regions” Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 84 No B10, September 1979. “The Behavior of Volatiles on the Lunar Surface,” K. Watson / B.C. Murray / H. Brown, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1961 Vol 66, p. 3033. “Finding ‘Paydirt’ on the Moon and Asteroids,” Robert L. Staehle, Astronautics and Aeronautics, November 1983.

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