The Mojave Volatiles Prospector (MVP) project is a science-driven field program with the goal of producing critical knowledge for conducting robotic exploration of the Moon. MVP feeds science, payload, and operational lessons learned to the development of a real-time, short-duration lunar polar volatiles prospecting mission. MVP achieved these goals through a simulated lunar rover mission to investigate the composition and distribution of surface and subsurface volatiles in a natural and a priori unknown environment within the Mojave Desert, improving our understanding of how to find, characterize, and access volatiles on the Moon.


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    Title :

    Mojave Volatiles Prospector (MVP): Science and Operations Results from a Lunar Polar Rover Analog Field Campaign


    Contributors:
    Heldmann, J. L. (author) / Colaprete, A. (author) / Cook, A. (author) / Roush, Ted L. (author) / Deans, M. (author) / Elphic, R. (author) / Lim, D. (author) / Skok, J. R. (author) / Button, N. E. (author) / Karunatillake, S. (author)

    Conference:

    Lunar & Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) ; 2015 ; The Woodlands, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-03-19


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English