Lunar discoveries having the greatest impact to human and robotic exploration and habitation will occur near the poles [1]. Specifically, the characterization and utilization of in situ resources such as propellant and life support expendables are of paramount importance to exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond. We assert that locations near the lunar poles offer significant advantages for initial human and robotic presence and the greatest potential for development in future decades [2]. In this paper we make a case for sending a sun-synchronous exploration rover (see Fig. 1) to the lunar south pole as the first step in human return to the Moon. The key technical challenges associated with this concept are: Magellan route identification...
Long-term strategic plans for future human space exploration are based on the idea of following an e...
Manned exploration of our nearest neighbors in the solar systems is the primary goal of the Space Ex...
This decade will be remembered as the one in which humankind will be back on the lunar soil. Researc...
Lunar polar resources can accelerate deep space exploration by resupplying missions with oxygen, wat...
<p>Lunar polar resources can accelerate deep space exploration by resupplying missions with oxygen, ...
In Europe, fforts are underway to develop key technologies that can be used to explore the Moon and ...
<p>In Europe, fforts are underway to develop key technologies that can be used to explore the ...
Water ice at the lunar poles could be the most valuable resource beyond planet Earth. However, that ...
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) launched in 2009 to collect the dataset required for future s...
A novel ASI Lunar mission is here proposed by a task force of Ph.D. students. After 14 th January 20...
Observations from Lunar Prospector, LCROSS, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), and other missions h...
There has been a debate for the last thirty years about the relative merits of human versus robotic ...
The desire of bringing back the man on the Moon is pushing forward the research of the autonomous sy...
Long-term strategic plans for future human space exploration are based on the idea of following an e...
Abstract: The future of human spaceflight is oriented towards the exploration of planetary bodies be...
Long-term strategic plans for future human space exploration are based on the idea of following an e...
Manned exploration of our nearest neighbors in the solar systems is the primary goal of the Space Ex...
This decade will be remembered as the one in which humankind will be back on the lunar soil. Researc...
Lunar polar resources can accelerate deep space exploration by resupplying missions with oxygen, wat...
<p>Lunar polar resources can accelerate deep space exploration by resupplying missions with oxygen, ...
In Europe, fforts are underway to develop key technologies that can be used to explore the Moon and ...
<p>In Europe, fforts are underway to develop key technologies that can be used to explore the ...
Water ice at the lunar poles could be the most valuable resource beyond planet Earth. However, that ...
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) launched in 2009 to collect the dataset required for future s...
A novel ASI Lunar mission is here proposed by a task force of Ph.D. students. After 14 th January 20...
Observations from Lunar Prospector, LCROSS, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), and other missions h...
There has been a debate for the last thirty years about the relative merits of human versus robotic ...
The desire of bringing back the man on the Moon is pushing forward the research of the autonomous sy...
Long-term strategic plans for future human space exploration are based on the idea of following an e...
Abstract: The future of human spaceflight is oriented towards the exploration of planetary bodies be...
Long-term strategic plans for future human space exploration are based on the idea of following an e...
Manned exploration of our nearest neighbors in the solar systems is the primary goal of the Space Ex...
This decade will be remembered as the one in which humankind will be back on the lunar soil. Researc...