Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:00 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 310AD
345: Living on a Dusty Moon
Sponsor:Topical Sessions
JTPC Reps:Louise Prockter, Applied Physics Lab
Herbert V. Frey, Goddard Space Flight Center
Conveners/Advocates:Sarah K. Noble, NASA Johnson Space Center
Doug Rickman, NASA
Doug Stoeser, USGS
8:00 AM345-1Formation of Lunar Dust: Unique Properties for a Human Outpost
Lawrence A. Taylor, University of Tennessee
8:15 AM345-2New Insights into the Composition and Texture of Lunar Regolith Using Ultrafast Automated Electron-Beam Analysis
Doug Rickman, NASA, Susan J. Wentworth, NASA Johnson Space Center, Christian M. Schrader, BAE Systems-MSFC, Doug Stoeser, USGS, Pieter W.S.K. Botha, Intellection Corporation, Alan R. Butcher, Intellection Pty Ltd, Hanna E. Horsch, Intellection Pty Ltd, Aukje Benedictus, Intellection Pty Ltd, Paul Gottlieb, Intellection Pty Ltd, David McKay, NASA Johnson Space Ctr
8:30 AM345-3Ultrafast Phase Mapping of Thin-Sections from An Apollo 16 Drive Tube – a New Visualisation of Lunar Regolith
Pieter W.S.K. Botha, Intellection Corporation, Alan R. Butcher, Intellection Pty Ltd, Hanna Horsch, Intellection Pty Ltd, Doug Rickman, NASA, Susan J. Wentworth, NASA Johnson Space Center, Christian M. Schrader, BAE Systems-MSFC, Doug Stoeser, USGS, Aukje Benedictus, Intellection Pty Ltd, Paul Gottlieb, Intellection Pty Ltd, David McKay, NASA Johnson Space Ctr
8:45 AM345-4Electrostatic Charging of Lunar Dust by UV Photoelectric Emissions and Solar Wind Electrons
Mian M. Abbas, NSSTC/Marshall Space Flight Center, Dragana Tankosic, UAH, James F. Spann, NASA-MSFC, Andre C. LeClair, MSFC-NASA, Michael J. Dube, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
9:00 AM345-5Some Expected Characteristics of Lunar Dust: A Geological View Applied to Engineering
Kenneth W. Street Jr, NASA-GRC, Christian M. Schrader, BAE Systems-MSFC, Doug Rickman, NASA
9:15 AM345-6Radiation Shielding Properties of Lunar Soil and Soil Simulant
Jack Miller, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Taylor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Lawrence Heilbronn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Cary Zeitlin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Michael DiGiuseppe, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Gerald Sanders, NASA-Johnson Space Center
9:30 AM345-7Evolution of Geological Sampling Tool Design during the Apollo Lunar Missions
Judith Haley Allton, NASA/Johnson Space Center
9:45 AM345-8Lunar Dust Effects on Spacesuit Systems: Insights from the Apollo Spacesuits
R. Christoffersen, SAIC, Code KR, NASA Johnson Space Center, J.F. Lindsay, Lunar and Planetary Institute, S.K. Noble, NASA Headquarters, J.A. Lawrence, Marshall University
10:00 AM345-9Physical and Biological Hazards of Lunar Dust and Their Impact on Habitat and Space Suit Design
Bonnie L. Cooper, NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center/Oceaneering Space Systems, David S. McKay, NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, John T. James, NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, William T. Wallace, Universities Space Research Association, Lawrence A. Taylor, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Chiu-Wing Lam, NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
10:15 AM345-10Pulmonary Implications of Lunar Mineral Dust
Edward Postlethwaite, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Carol A. Ballinger, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Giuseppe Squadrito, University of Alabama at Birmingham
10:30 AM345-11In-Vitro Physiologically Based Extraction Tests of Lunar Regolith Simulants
Geoffrey S. Plumlee, U.S. Geological Survey, Suzette A. Morman, U.S. Geological Survey, Gregory P. Meeker, U.S. Geological Survey, Heather A. Lowers, US Geological Survey, Stephen A. Wilson, U.S. Geol Survey, Douglas B. Stoeser, US Geol Survey, Douglas L. Rickman, NASA
10:45 AM345-12Decay of Activity Induced by Solar Wind Implantation of Lunar Mineral Analogs
Kimberly Kuhlman, Planetary Science Institute, Kumar Sridharan, University of Wisconsin, Yun Chen, University of Wisconsin, Daniel Garrison, NASA Johnson Space Center, David McKay, NASA Johnson Space Ctr, Lawrence Taylor, University of Tennessee
11:00 AM345-13Analysis of Lunar Highland Regolith Samples from Apollo 16 Drive Core 64001/2 and Lunar Regolith Simulants – An Expanding Comparative Database
Christian M. Schrader, BAE Systems-MSFC, Doug Rickman, NASA, Doug Stoeser, USGS, Susan J. Wentworth, NASA Johnson Space Center, Pieter W.S.K. Botha, Intellection Corporation, Alan R. Butcher, Intellection Pty Ltd, Hanna Horsch, Intellection Pty Ltd, Aukje Benedictus, Intellection Pty Ltd, Paul Gottlieb, Intellection Pty Ltd, David McKay, NASA Johnson Space Ctr
11:15 AM345-14Adsorption of Water on JSC-1a Lunar Simulant Samples
Uwe Burghaus, North Dakota State University, John Goering, North Dakota State University, Shweta Sah, North Dakota State University, Kenneth W. Street Jr, NASA-GRC
11:30 AM345-15Industrial-Scale Production of Lunar Simulant Components
Michael Weinstein, Zybek Advanced Products, Inc
11:45 AM345-16The LHT (Lunar Highlands Type) Regolith Simulant Series
Douglas Stoeser, USGS, Steve Wilson, U.S. Geological Survey, Michael Weinstein, Zybek Avanced Products, Inc, Douglas L. Rickman, NASA, Heather Lowers, U.S. Geological Survey, Gregory Meeker, U.S. Geological Survey, Christian Schrader, NASA, Carole McLemore, NASA, John Fikes, NASA

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