NEEP602 Course Notes (Fall 1996)
Resources from Space
Lecture #1: Apollo 13 done right!
Title: A Trip to the Moon
Visuals: Slides of Apollo 17.
Notes: (see text, below)
Questions:
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1. Where were you and what were you doing
at the time of the landing of Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17?
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Suggested References:
- Culbertson, E.M., 1975, Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, NASA SUL-350,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 313p.
2. At mid-day on the Moon, calculate the minimum molecular mass of a volatile species that can be retained in the lunar atmosphere.
- Suggested References:
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Heiken, G., et al, 1991, Lunar Source Book, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, 736p.
Lewis, J.S., 1995, Physics and Chemistry of the Solar System, Academic Press, San Diego, ChapterIX.
3. Define the term "regolith" as applied to airless bodies in the Solar System and describe its general charateristics on the Moon.
- Suggested References:
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Heiken, G., et al, 1991, Lunar Source Book, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, 736p.
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Lewis, J.S., 1995, Physics and Chemistry of the Solar System,
Academic Press, San Diego, ChapterIX.
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Shoemaker, E.M., et al, 1967, Television observations from Surveyor III,
Surveyor III: A Preliminary Report, NASA SP-146, p 9-59.
- Suggested References:
Text: A Field Trip to the Moon
References:
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Chaikin, Andrew, 1994, Man on the Moon, The Voyages of the Apollo Astronaut,
Viking, New York, 670 p.
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Collins, Michael, 1974, Carrying the Fire, An Astronaut's Journeys,
Ballentine, New York, 488p.
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Lovell, J. A., 1994, Apollo 13
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Schmitt, H.H., 1994, A Trip to the Moon, in Neal, Valerie,
editor, Where Next Columbus? The Future of Space Exploration,
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 231p.
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Murray, Charles, and Cox, C.B., 1989, Apollo: The Race to the Moon,
Simon and Schuster, New York, 509p.
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MacKinnon, Douglas, and Baldanza, Joseph, 1989, Footprints:
The 12 Men who Walked on the Moon Reflect, Acropolis, Washington, 291p.
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Jones, E., Editor, 1995,
The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal,
(Edited and
annotated transcripts of the lunar surface activities of the Apollo Astronauts)
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