NEEP602 Course Notes (Spring 1996)
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Objectives of an Exploration Program

Three categories of information must be sought by exploration of the regolith of Mare Tranquillitatis, as follows:

A. For delineation of physically minable areas:

(1) Detailed topographic information.

(2) The distribution of unminable craters and other unminable features.

(3) The distribution of ejecta containing blocks of rock too large to be handled by the mining system or systems selected.

B. For estimation of tonnage and grade of minable regolith:

(1) Thickness of regolith in minable areas.

(2) Contents of various gases

C. For determining percentages of the gases recoverable:

(1) Applicability of particular mining systems.

(2) Applicability of systems of sizing and beneficiation.

(3) Results of heat processing of regolith: recovery percentages.



WCSAR-TR-AR3-9301-1
Eugene N. Cameron

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