Jurassic Diabase from Leeseburg, VA: A Proposed Lunar Simulant
Jurassic Diabase from Leeseburg, VA: A Proposed Lunar Simulant
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A study of future lunar seismology and heat flow is being carried out as part of the NASA Lunar Sortie Science Program. This study will include new lunar drilling techniques, using a regolith simulant, for emplacement of instruments. Previous lunar simulants, such as JSC-1 and MLS-1, were not available when the study began, so a local simulant source was required. Diabase from a quarry at Leeseburg, Virginia, was obtained from the Luck Stone Corporation. We report here initial results of a petrographic examination of this rock, GSC-1 henceforth.
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Jurassic Diabase from Leeseburg, VA: A Proposed Lunar Simulant
2008
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