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Introduction
LP: Scientific Goals
Scientific Results
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LUNAR PROSPECTOR
Science Data Return
A summary of results from the set of papers printed in the September
4, 1998 edition of Science, Volume 281
Press Kit
September, 1998
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
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Media Contacts:
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
- Douglas Isbell, (202/358-1753, douglas.isbell@hq.nasa.gov),
is the Public Affairs Officer for the Office of Space Scienceís planetary missions,
and the Headquarters Lunar Prospector mission information manager
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
- David Morse, (650/604-4724, dmorse@mail.arc.nasa.gov),
is the NASA/Ames Research Center Program Support Lead and the Ames Lunar Prospector
Public Information Officer in charge of news and press releases relating to the LP
mission
- Betsy Carter, (650/604-2742, ecarter@mail.arc.nasa.gov),
is the Asst. Public Information Officer for Lunar Prospector helping to coordinate
in all aspects of the LP media efforts
- Erin Karle, (650/604-2287, ekarle@mail.arc.nasa.gov),
is a Public Information Intern assisting in all aspects of the LP media and information
dissemination efforts
Lunar Research Institute, Gilroy, CA
- Rebecca Binder, (408/847-0969), Gilroy, CA., coordinates
media relations activity on behalf of the Lunar Research Institute.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
- John Gustafson (jgustaf@paopop.lanl.gov) is the Public
Information Officer in charge of news and press releases relating to the LP mission
Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees
- Michel Blanc, (33/ 561 33 28 50 blanc@obs-mip.fr, fax:
(33) 561 33 28 88), 14 Av. Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, FRANCE, is the director
of the observatory.
Science Team Contacts (Biographies available in
Mission Science Background Press Kit)
Lunar Research Institute, Gilroy, CA
- Dr. Alan Binder, (408/847-0969 abinder@mail.arc.nasa.gov),
is the President of the Lunar Research Institute, Gilroy, CA. and the Principal Scientist
for the mission.
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
- Dr. William Feldman,(505/667-7372 wfeldman@lanl.gov) is
the lead scientist for the Spectrometer group.
- Dr. David J. Lawrence, (505/667-0945) coordinates data
analysis for the LANL spectrometer team
- Bruce L. Barraclough, (505/667-8244, bbarraclough@lanl.gov),
Los Alamos, NM.
- Dr. Richard Elphic, (505/665-3693, relphic@lanl.gov),
Los Alamos, NM.
- Chris Heil, (505/667-9660, ceheil@lanl.gov), Los Alamos,
NM.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA
- Dr. Alex Konopliv (818/354-6105 Alexander.S.Konopliv@jpl.nasa.gov,
ask@krait.jpl.nasa.gov) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, is a Co-Investigator
for the Lunar Prospector mission, responsible for the Doppler Gravity Experiment
UC Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
- Dr. David Curtis (510/643-1561 curtis@ssl.berkeley.edu)
University of California, Space Sciences Lab, Berkeley, CA
- Dr. David Mitchell (510/643-1561 mitchell@ssl.berkeley.edu)
University of California, Space Sciences Lab, Berkeley, CA
Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse, FR
- Dr. Sylvestre Maurice (33/561 33 29 47) 14 Av. Edouard
Belin, 31400 Toulouse, FRANCE, coordinates data analysis for the LP spectrometer
team
Results taken from the set of science papers published
in the September 4, 1998 issue of Science.
D. J. Lawrence, W. C. Feldman, B. L. Barraclough, A. B.
Binder, R. C. Elphic, S. Maurice, and D. R. Thomsen, Global Elemental Maps of
the Moon: The Lunar Prospector Gamma-Ray Spectrometer, Science, Volume 281,
(1998).
R. C. Elphic, S. Maurice, D. J. Lawrence, W. C. Feldman,
B. L. Barraclough, A. B. Binder, and P. G. Lucey, Lunar Prospector Neutron Measurements
and Fe and Ti Abundances From Clementine Spectral Reflectance, Science, Volume
281, (1998).
W. C. Feldman, S. Maurice, A. B. Binder, B. L. Barraclough,
R. C. Elphic, and D. J. Lawrence, Fluxes of Fast and Epithermal Neutrons from
Lunar Prospector: Evidence for Water Ice at the Lunar Poles, Science, Volume 281,
(1998).
W. C. Feldman, B. L. Barraclough, S. Maurice, R. C. Elphic,
D. J. Lawrence, D. R. Thomsen and A. B. Binder, Compositional Units of the Moon: Lunar
Prospector Thermal and Fast Neutrons, Science, Volume 281, (1998).
A.S. Konopliv, A.B. Binder, L.L.Hood, A.B. Kucinskas, W.L.
Sjogren, J.G. Williams, The Gravity Field of the Moon from the Lunar Prospector Mission,
Science, Volume 281, (1998).
R.P.Lin, D. L. Mitchell, D.W. Curtis, K.A. Anderson, C.
W. Carlson, J. McFadden, M. H. Acuna, L.L. Hood, A. B. Binder, Lunar Surface Magnetic
Fields and Their Interaction with the Solar Wind: Initial Results from Lunar Prospector,
Science, Volume 281, (1998).
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