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Engineering Potential for Lunar Missions After Apollo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

James D. Burke*
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.

Abstract

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With results of past and present lunar exploration programs in hand, it is now possible to outline the next logical steps in the exploration and use of the Moon. This paper describes first, a set of mission objectives and engineering capabilities considered desirable and feasible for projects following soon after Apollo, and second, some objectives for the farther future.

Type
Part II: Scientific Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

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