Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
Nov 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983asaer..21...44s&link_type=abstract
Astronautics and Aeronautics (ISSN 0004-6213), vol. 21, Nov. 1983, p. 44-49.
Computer Science
Sound
Asteroids, Extraterrestrial Resources, Lunar Composition, Space Transportation, Economic Factors, Mining, Rocket Propellants, Space Commercialization, Space Missions
Scientific paper
Lunar polar region water ice, the Trojan asteroids of the earth, accessible, volatile substance-rich near-earth asteroids, and lunar gas deposits, are theoretically identified extraterrestrial resources for application to space transportation whose existence and economical exploitability could be confirmed by explorations conducted with relatively simple spacecraft. Any of these resources could improve the economics of interorbit transportation, thereby permitting launch vehicle payloads to be devoted to the transport of revenue-generating or services-providing equipment, rather than to the large propellant volumes required for the placing of large payloads on station. Among the verification missions cited is a simple lunar prospector orbiter, carrying a gamma-ray spectrometer and an electromagnetic sounder, which could ascertain the presence of water ice at the lunar poles.
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