VAPoR - Volatile Analysis by Pyrolysis of Regolith - an instrument for in situ detection of water, noble gases, and organics on the Moon

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1007-1017

  ten Kate, I L ^a,b   Cardiff, E H ^a   Dworkin, J P ^a   Feng, S H ^a   Holmes, V ^a,c   Malespin, C ^d   Stern, J G ^e   Swindle, T D ^f   Glavin, D P ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c Bastion Technologies   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolved Gas Analysis; Lunar Regolith; Lunar Volatiles; Lunar Water Ice; Mass Spectrometer

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS METEORITES; EVOLVED GAS ANALYSIS; GAS MEASUREMENT; GAS SPECIES; GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; HUMAN EXPLORATION; ICE MASS; IN-SITU; INSTRUMENT DESIGNS; LABORATORY BREADBOARDS; LUNAR REGOLITH; MURCHISON; NOBLE GAS; ORGANICS; PLANETARY REGOLITH; POLAR REGIONS; POTENTIAL RESOURCES; REGOLITH SAMPLES;

GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GAS FUEL MEASUREMENT; INERT GASES; INSTRUMENTS; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NASA; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PYROLYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER VAPOR;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 77953285256     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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