What constitutes a coordinated lunar resource evaluation campaign?.A coordinated lunar resource evaluation campaign could obtain the required data. In order to understand if these lunar resources could be used to sustain humans on the surface of the Moon, much more diverse and detailed information regarding the locations, amounts, distributions (heterogeneity), composition, accessibility, extractability, etc., is needed. However, while the data to be obtained from these missions are quite synergistic and represent a good start to evaluating such resources, they do not represent a coordinated effort to understand them. Besides the United States, other countries have also proposed lunar orbiter and surface missions to the lunar poles for similar reasons.
At this time, NASA is investing in technology to harvest and use such resources and in missions to identify such ice-rich deposits. Virtual Session 17: Defining a Coordinated Lunar Resource Evaluation CampaignĮvaluating the potential of local resources, particularly ice deposits at the lunar poles, in sustaining human exploration of the Moon has important implications for science, exploration, and commerce. In addition, we want to identify and help to close knowledge gaps associated with crew activities and safety. The series of Lunar Surface Science Workshop (LSSW) short, focused virtual sessions will continue to solicit input from the community on the potential for new scientific research that could be enabled by human exploration near the lunar south pole.
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