By the fall of 1971, it was known that only two more Apollos would land on the Moon. Most geoscientists agreed that both should concentrate on the previously neglected terrae (highlands). In June 1991, the Apollo Site Selection Board (ASSB) had chosen Descartes as the site of the Apollo 16 terra landing, scheduled for April 1972. Therefore, we had to assess how many pre-Apollo objectives the first four landings had met, how many Apollo 16 was likely to meet, and how to meet the remaining ones with Apollo 17. Geologists convened at Caltech in November 1971 and formulated a list of major lunar problems. An edited version of the list is presented, and how the remaining problems influenced the Apollo 16 and 17 landing site selection process is discussed with particular emphasis on the selection of Taurus-Littrow as the landing site for Apollo 17. Apollo 17 returned a fine collection from the massifs, bright mantle, Sculptured Hills, subfloor basalt, and dark mantle of Taurus-Littrow. They answered many of 1971's questions, showed others to have been wrongly asked, and left others for us to ponder still today. A brief discussion of the problems solved and the questions raised by the Apollo Program are presented.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Last chance at Taurus-Littrow


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1992-12-02


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Last Chance at Taurus-Littrow

    D. E. Wilhelms | NTIS | 1992


    Apollo 17: At Taurus Littrow

    Anderton, D. A. | NTRS | 1973


    Apollo 17: At Taurus Littrow

    D. A. Anderton | NTIS | 1973


    FROM TRANQUILITY TO TAURUS-LITTROW

    Comely, Tim | Online Contents | 1997


    Lunar thrust faults in the Taurus-Littrow region

    Howard, K. A. / Muehlberger, W. R. | NTRS | 1973