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1、GLUC-2010.1.5.B.3NASA’SINTERNATIONALLUNARNETWORKANCHORNODESANDROBOTICLUNARLANDERPROJECTUPDATEBrianJ.Morse,CherylL.B.Reed,andKarenW.KirbyTheJohnsHopkinsUniversityAppliedPhysicsLaboratory,Laurel,MD,UnitedStatesBrian.Morse@jhuapl.edu,Cheryl.Reed@jhuapl.edu,andKaren.Kirby@jhuapl.eduBarbaraA.Coh
2、en,JulieA.Bassler,DannyW.Harris,andD.GregoryChaversNASAMarshallSpaceFlightCenter,Huntsville,AL,UnitedStatesBarbara.A.Cohen@nasa.gov,Julie.A.Bassler@nasa.gov,Danny.A.Harris@nasa.gov,andGreg.Chavers@nasa.govABSTRACTInearly2008,NASAestablishedtheLunarQuestProgram,anewlunarscienceresearchprogra
3、mwithinNASA’sScienceMissionDirectorate.TheprogramincludedtheestablishmentoftheanchornodesoftheInternationalLunarNetwork(ILN),anetworkoflunarsciencestationsenvisionedtobeemplacedbymultiplenations.Thispaperde-scribesthecurrentstatusoftheILNAnchorNodesmissiondevelopmentandthelanderrisk-reducti
4、ondesignandtestactivitiesimplementedjointlybyNASA’sMarshallSpaceFlightCenterandTheJohnsHopkinsUniversityAp-pliedPhysicsLaboratory.Thelunarlanderconceptsdevelopedbythisteamareapplicabletomultiplesciencemis-sions,andthispaperwilldescribeamissioncombiningthefunctionalityofanILNnodewithaninvest
5、igationoflunarpolarvolatiles.includingtwopayloadsonIndia’sChandrayaan-1;theINTRODUCTION:NASAROBOTICLUNARLunarReconnaissanceOrbiter(LRO);theLunarCRaterLANDERDEVELOPMENTObservationandSensingSatellite(LCROSS);theGravityOneofthedefiningfeaturesoftheU.S.VisionforRecoveryandInteriorLaboratory(GRA
6、IL);theSpaceExploration,establishedbytheformerAcceleration,Reconnection,TurbulenceandadministrationandstudiedbyNASAforthepast4ElectrodynamicsofMoon’sInteractionwiththeSunyears,isthegoalofahumanreturntotheMoontolive(ARTEMIS)mission;andtheLunarAtmosphereandandworkforextendedperiods.Whethertha
7、tplanwillDustEnvironmentExplorer(LADEE)mission.Otherbeexecuted,however,hasgrownincreasinglynations,includingChina,Japan,andIndia,alsohaveuncertain.Turbulenteconomictimes,alongwiththeemergentlunarportfolios.Duringthisexcitingtimeforneedforthenewadministra