Astronauts on long-duration lunar missions will need the capability to "high-grade" their samples to select the highest value samples for transport to Earth and to leave others on the Moon. We are supporting studies to defile the "necessary and sufficient" measurements and techniques for highgrading samples at a lunar outpost. A glovebox, dedicated to testing instruments and techniques for high-grading samples, is in operation at the JSC Lunar Experiment Laboratory.
High-Grading Lunar Samples for Return to Earth
Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group ; 2009 ; Houston, TX, United States
2009-01-01
Conference paper
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English
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