The return of extraterrestrial minerals was the culmination of a 10 year, $40 Billion dollar public effort to expand human presence into the next frontier. The symbol of the U.S. Apollo program was the unique rock and soil that was brought back by the astronauts. It is now possible to mount a. private sample return mission in an area of high scientific interest on the Moon using proven technology. The economic potential comes from the identification of a market for a known lunar product, rather than a drop in the price of space access.


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    Title :

    Lunar Sample Return: A Near-Term Marketing Opportunity?


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Fifth International Conference on Space ; 1996 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States



    Publication date :

    1996-07-19




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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