Forty-first Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

Special sessions were: A New Moon: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Results ; Water in the Solar System: Incorporation into Primitive Bodies and Evolution ; A New Moon: LCROSS, Chandrayaan, and Chang-E-1 ; Water in the Solar System: Moon ; A New Moon: Spectral Constraints on Lunar Crustal Composition ; Characterizing Near-Earth Objects ; A New Moon: Lunar Volcanism and Impact. This CD-ROM contains the contents, program, abstracts, and author indexes for the 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.by Lunar and Planetary Institute, NASA Johnson Space Centerconference co-chairs, Stephen Mackwell, Lunar and Planetary Institute [and] Eileen Stansbery, NASA Johnson Space Center.PARTIAL CONTENTS: Roughness and Radar Polarimetry of Lunar Polar Craters: Testing for Ice Deposits / B.J. Thomson, P.D. Spudis, D.B.J. Bussey, L. Carter, R.L. Kirk, C. Neish, G. Patterson, R.K. Raney, H. Winters, and the Mini-RF Team--Formation of Jupiter's Atmosphere from a Supernova-Contaminated Molecular Cloud / H.B. Throop--Ancient Lunar Dynamo: Absence of Evidence is Not the Evidence of Absence / S.M. Tikoo, B.P. Weiss, J. Buz, I. Garrick-Bethell, T.L. Grove, and J. Gattaccaea--Dark Dunes in Ka'u Desert (Hawaii) as Terrestrial Analogs to Dark Dunes on Mars / D. Tirsch, R.A. Craddock, and R. Jaumann--Mars Ice Condensation and Density Orbiter / T.N. Titus, T. Prettyman, A. Brown, T.I. Michaels, and A. Colaprete--The Atacama Desert Cave Shredder: A Case for Conduction Thermodynamics / T.N. Titus, J.J. Wynne, D. Ruby, and N. Cabrol

Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group : October 22-24, 2014 Laurel, Maryland

The focus for this year's meeting is the topic of lunar volatiles — which species are present, their abundance on the surface and interior, their sources and formation processes, their mobility and temporary storage on the surface, and their ultimate fate (be it loss from the lunar environment or “permanent” sequestration in surface reservoirs).Institutional Support: NASA Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Lunar and Planetary Institute, National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; Conveners: Samuel Lawrence, Arizona State University, Stephen Mackwell, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame, Jeffrey Plescia, The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory.PARTIAL CONTENTS: Solar Wind Implantation into Lunar Regolith: Hydrogen Retention in a Surface with Defects / W M Farrell, D. M Hurley, and MI. Zimmerman--Lunar Surface Models / H. Fink.--The Geology oflnferno Chasm, Idaho: A Terrestrial Analog for Lunar Rilles? / W B. Gany, S. S. Hughes, S. E. Kobs Nawotniak, C. D. Neish, C. W Haberle, J L. Heldmann, D. S. S. Lim, and FINESSE Team--Spectral and Therrnophysical Properties of Lunar Swirls from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer / T D. Glotch, J L. Bandfield, P. G. Lucey, P. O. Hayne, B. T Greenhagen, J A. Arnold, R. R. Ghent, and D. A. Paige--The Benefits of Sample Return: Connecting Apollo Soils and Diviner Lunar Radiometer Remote Sensing Data / B. T. Greenhagen, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, I. R. Thomas, N. E. Bowles, C. C. Allen, C. M Pieters, and D. A. Paige--International Strategy for the Exploration of Lunar Polar Volatiles / J E. Gruener and N. H. Suzuki--Why Do We Need the Moon: Next Steps Forward for Moon Exploration / U. G. Guven--Space Mission to the Moon with a Low Cost Moon Probe Nanosatellite: University Project Feasibility Analysis and Design Concepts / U G. Guven, G. V. Velidi, and L. D. Datta--ARTEMIS Observations of the Space Environment Around the Moon and its Interaction with the Atmosphere and Surface / J S. Halekas and ARTEMIS Team

Mapping Planetary Surface Ages at Ultimate Resolutions with Machine Learning: The Moon

The density of impact craters upon a terrestrial surface can give an accurate estimate of the surface's formation age. The Moon has hundreds of millions of impact craters scattered across its surface. Through the power of machine learning, we can automatically count those craters to date any surface on the Moon

India And China Space Programs: From Genesis Of Space Technologies To Major Space Programs And What That Means For The Internati

The Indian and Chinese space programs have evolved into technologically advanced vehicles of national prestige and international competition for developed nations. The programs continue to evolve with impetus that India and China will have the same space capabilities as the United States with in the coming years. This will present new challenges to the international community in spheres civilian, to space and military applications and their residual benefits

Fortieth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

Special sessions on Lunar Missions, Messenger at Mercury, and Icy Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn were held. This CD-ROM contains the contents, program, abstracts, and author indexes for the 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.sponsored by Lunar and Planetary Institute, NASA Johnson Space Centerconference co-chairs, Stephen J. Mackwell, Eileen StansberyPARTIAL CONTENTS: Equilibrated Aggregates in Cometary IDPs: Insights into the Crystallization Process in Protoplanetary Disks / L.P. Keller and S. Messenger--The Impact Crater Jebel Waqf as Suwwan in Jordan: Effects of Target Heterogeneity and Impact Obliquity on Central Uplift Formation / T. Kenkmann, W.U. Reimold, M. Khirfan, E. Salameh, K. Konsul, T. Lehmann, and H. Khoury--The Dispersal of Pyroclasts from Apollinaris Patera, Mars / L. Kerber, J.W. Head, J.B. Madeleine, F. Forget, and L. Wilson--The Age of the Medusae Fossae Formation: Reassessment Using Lava Flow Cast and Mold Contacts / L. Kerber and J.W. Head III--Possible Liquid-like Water Produced Seepage Features on Mars / A. Kereszturi, A. Horváth, A. Sik, A. Kuti, Sz. Bérczi, T. Gánti, T. Pócs, and E. Szathmáry

Space Weathering of Airless Bodies

In preparation for missions to primitive asteroids and to better interpret recent remote sensing datasets from Mercury, the Moon, and other objects, we need a better understanding of how the space environment alters the surfaces of airless bodies from a remote sensing perspective, how analysis of returned samples provides ground truth for interpreting the spectral data, and how laboratory experiments provide quantitative constraints on the processes involved.Organizer Universities Space Research Association ; Conveners Lindsay Keller, NASA Johnson Space Center, Ed Cloutis, University of Winnipeg, Paul Lucey, University of Hawaii, Tim Glotch, Stony Brook University ; Scientific Organizing Committee Lindsay Keller, NASA Johnson Space Center [and 9 others]PARTIAL CONTENTS: The Many Forms of Space Weathering -- Latitudinal Variation in Spectral Properties of the Lunar Maria and Implications for Space Weathering -- Latitude-Dependence of Median Grain Size in the Lunar Regolith -- Space Weathering Effects in the Thermal Infrared: Lessons from LRO Diviner -- Effects of Space Weathering on Thermal Infrared Emissivity Spectra of Bulk Lunar Soils Measured Under Simulated Lunar Conditions -- The Maturely, Immature Orientale Impact Basin -- Estimating the Degree of Space Weathering at the Chang'E-3 Landing Site: Radiative-Transfer Modeling of Nanophase Iron Abundance -- The Microstructure of a Micrometeorite Impact into Lunar Olivine--Simulation of Micrometeorite Impacts Through In Situ Dynamic Heating of Lunar Soil--Problems at the Leading Edge of Space Weathering as Revealed by TEM Combined with Surface Science Techniques--Rates of Space Weathering in Lunar Soils--Space Weathering: From Itokawa to Mercury via the Moon--Space Weathering on Itokawa Surface Deduced from Shape and Surface Features of Hayabusa Regolith Particles--Surface Exposure Ages of Space-Weathered Grains from Asteroid 25143 Itokawa

A Neoclassical Realist’s Analysis Of Sino-U.S. Space Policy

During the Cold War, the United States focused its collective policy acumen on forming a competitive, actor-specific strategy to gain advantage over the Soviet Union. The fragmentation of the Soviet Union resulted in a multi-polar geopolitical environment lacking a near-peer rival for the United States. Overwhelming soft and hard power advantages allowed American policy makers to peruse a general, non-actor specific strategy to maintain its hegemonic position. However, the meteoric rise of China as a near-peer competitor in East Asia has challenged this paradigm. In order to maintain its competitive advantage, or at the very least ensure the safety of its geopolitical objectives through encouraging benign competition, U.S. strategy needs to evolve in both focus and complexity. It is essential for Spacepower, as a key element of national power, to be included in this evolution. In order to do so, this analysis will examine Sino-U.S. space relations using neoclassical realism as a baseline methodology. First, structural elements of the Sino-U.S. relationship will be modeled in a semi-quantitative game theoretical framework, using relative economic and military capabilities as primary independent variables. Second, key assumptions will be tested to ensure that this model accurately represents the current geopolitical environment. Third, the decision making apparatuses of the United States and China will be examined as intervening variables. This will account for imperfect rationality and how it modifies the game theoretical framework. Fourth, this framework will be used to present actionable space policy recommendations for the United States so that space can be incorporated into a competitive strategy for East Asia

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