Figures of Merit for Lunar Simulants
- Author
- Slane, Frederick A.
- Published
- June 04, 2012.
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- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators
- Rickman, Douglas L.
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- At an earlier SRR the concept for an international standard on Lunar regolith simulants was presented. The international standard, ISO 10788, Lunar Simulants, has recently been published. This paper presents the final content of the standard. Therefore, we are presenting an update of the following: The collection and analysis of lunar samples from 1969 to present has yielded large amounts of data. Published analyses give some idea of the complex nature of the regolith at all scales, rocks, soils and the smaller particulates commonly referred to as dust. Data recently acquired in support of NASA s simulant effort has markedly increased our knowledge and quantitatively demonstrates that complexity. It is anticipated that future analyses will further add to the known complexity. In an effort to communicate among the diverse technical communities performing research on or research using regolith samples and simulants, a set of Figures of Merit (FoM) have been devised. The objective is to allow consistent and concise comparative communication between researchers from multiple organizations and nations engaged in lunar exploration. This paper describes Figures of Merit in a new international standard for Lunar Simulants. The FoM methodology uses scientific understanding of the lunar samples to formulate parameters which are reproducibly quantifiable. Contaminants and impurities in the samples are also addressed.
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- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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- Document ID: 20120015288.
M12-1778.
3rd Joint Meeting of the Space Resources Roundtable and the Planetary and TErrestrial Mining Science Symposium; 4-7 Jun. 2012; Golden, CO; United States. - Terms of Use and Reproduction
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