Back to the Moon: The scientific rationale for resuming lunar surface exploration

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-14

  Crawford, I A ^a   Anand, M ^b,c   Cockell, C S ^d   Falcke, H ^e,f,g   Green, D A ^h   Jaumann, R ⁱ   Wieczorek, M A ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^j INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

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Author keywords

Astrobiology; Lunar astronomy; Lunar geology; Lunar geophysics; Lunar science; Moon; Space exploration; Space life sciences; Space medicine

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL SAMPLES; EARTH-MOON SYSTEM; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GLOBAL EXPLORATION; HUMAN LUNAR EXPLORATIONS; HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY; LIFE-SCIENCES; LUNAR SCIENCE; LUNAR SURFACE; NEAR-EARTH; ROADMAP; SAMPLE RETURN; SCIENCE OBJECTIVES; SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; SPACE LIFE SCIENCE; SPACE MEDICINES; SURFACE EXPLORATION;

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; AVIATION MEDICINE; EARTH (PLANET); GEOPHYSICS; MOON; SPACE RESEARCH;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 84870819854     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2012.06.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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