Astro Sampling | Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Sample!
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The Challenge | Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Sample!
You are the astronaut/robotic mission lead tasked with bringing valuable specimens from the Moon back to Earth for further study. How will you evaluate lunar samples quickly and effectively before or while still on the mission? How will you differentiate samples of potential scientific value from less interesting material?
Astro Samplin
A proposed project cycle for finding and prioritising areas of interest for lunar sampling
A proposed project cycle for finding and prioritising areas of interest for lunar sampling
Datasets:
- MoonDB
- LPI lunar samples dataset
- Brown University, NASA RELAB , Lunar Rock and Mineral Characterization Database
- NASA REFLECTANCE EXPERIMENT LABORATORY Datasets
Literature:
- Lunar Sourcebook: A User's Guide to the Moon
- Strens, R. G. J.. “Diffuse Reflectance Spectra and Optical Properties of Some Iron and Titanium Oxides and Oxyhydroxides.” (1979).
- McCord T.~B., "Reflectance spectroscopy in planetary science: Review and strategy for the future", NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N