Impacting lunar prospector in a cold trap to detect water ice

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1653-1656

  Goldstein, David B ^a,b   Steven Nerem, R ^c,d   Barker, Edwin S ^a,c   Victor Austin, J ^b,e   Binder, Alan B ^c,e,f   Feldman, William C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Lunar Research Institute   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Dept Aerospace Eng and Eng Mechanics ^*  (United States)

^e Center for Space Research   (United States)

^f University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MOON; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; VAPORS; WATER;

COLD TRAP; LUNAR PROSPECTOR; WATER ICE;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

ICE; MOON; POLAR REGION; WATER;

EID: 0033563629     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900384     Document Type: Article

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