Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Start Date
26-4-1995 2:00 PM
End Date
26-4-1995 5:00 PM
Description
The 'Program Development 'Directorate of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFQ, NASA, has conducted conceptual studies of an. evolutionary family of UV/Visible/IR optical telescopes to be based on the lunar surface. Included are: (1) the 16-trt aperture Latge Lunar Telescope (LLT); (2) the 4-in aperture precursor Lunar Cluster Telescope Experiment (LCTE); and (3) the 1 -m Lunar Ultraviolet Telescope Experiment (LUTE) proposed by John. McGraw of the University of New Mexico. 'Development and emplacement of these advanced astronomical facilities would parallel the buildup of an initial lunar exploration site, an early Lunar 'Outpost, and a permanent Lunar Base. The Directorate, in, conjunction with, astronomers of various institutions, has examined the feasibility of constructing such telescopes and has assessed technology, subsystem, system, transportation, operations, and logistics requirements for their development and emplacement Influences of'the lunar environment and site selection on telescope designi and operation wete also evaluated.
Paper Session II-C - Feasibility of Astronomical Observatories on the Moon
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
The 'Program Development 'Directorate of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFQ, NASA, has conducted conceptual studies of an. evolutionary family of UV/Visible/IR optical telescopes to be based on the lunar surface. Included are: (1) the 16-trt aperture Latge Lunar Telescope (LLT); (2) the 4-in aperture precursor Lunar Cluster Telescope Experiment (LCTE); and (3) the 1 -m Lunar Ultraviolet Telescope Experiment (LUTE) proposed by John. McGraw of the University of New Mexico. 'Development and emplacement of these advanced astronomical facilities would parallel the buildup of an initial lunar exploration site, an early Lunar 'Outpost, and a permanent Lunar Base. The Directorate, in, conjunction with, astronomers of various institutions, has examined the feasibility of constructing such telescopes and has assessed technology, subsystem, system, transportation, operations, and logistics requirements for their development and emplacement Influences of'the lunar environment and site selection on telescope designi and operation wete also evaluated.
Comments
Lunar Industrialization and Colonization
Session Chairman: Hyam Benaroya, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University
Session Organizer: Alan Drysdale