NEEP602 Course Notes (Spring 1996)
Resources from Space
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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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