Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Salazar, Ronald P..
This paper decribes the process that was used (for identifying new technologies for NASA'a New Millenium Program) and lists the capability needs for future Earth science missions that resulted from that process.
Global-scale topographic data are of fundamental importance to many Earth science studies, and obtaining these data are a priority for the Earth science community.
The development of the Lunar Get-Away Special (GAS) canister to search for water on the moon is discussed. The possibility of detecting water on the moon with a gamma-ray spectrometer in a close polar orbit is reviewed. The Lunar GAS configuration, payloads, and subsystems, and a mission scenario are described. The Lunar GAS has a total mass of 150 kg and would require only 33 kg of xenon gas propellant to reach lunar orbit after a launch by the Space Shuttle.