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A lunar penetrator to determine solar-wind-implanted resources at depth in the lunar regolith
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Feldman, W. Swindle, T. Boynton, W. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | Several volatiles implanted into the lunar regolith by the solar wind are potentially important lunar resources. He-3 might be mined as a fuel for lunar nuclear fusion reactors. Even if the mining of He-3 turns out not to be feasible, several other elements commonly implanted by the solar wind (H,C, and N) could be important for life support and for propellant or fuel production for lunar bases. A simple penetrator-borne instrument package to measure the abundance of H at depth is proposed. Since solar-wind-implanted volatiles tend to correlate with one another, this can be used to estimate global inventories and to design extraction strategies for all of these species. |
| File Size | 259916 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19930008050 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t72v7fx8z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Exploration Mining Fuel Production Lunar Resources Hydrogen Lunar Composition Helium Isotopes Penetrometers Regolith Instrument Packages Neutron Counters Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
