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4 -- Astrobiology and Lunar Exploration
Tuesday, April 15, 2008: MORNING
Bruce Jakosky
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO, USA
Ariel Anbar
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ, USA
Description
NASA's renewed lunar exploration program opens new opportunities for scientific research. Although the Moon is itself a dead world, lunar exploration can facilitate astrobiology research objectives. For example, the Moon: is the best place to study the bombardment history of the inner solar system; offers synoptic views of the Earth useful for calibrating methods for planetary life detection; and, as a sterile environment, is an excellent testing ground for planetary protection technologies. This session invites contributions on these and other topics related to astrobiology and lunar exploration.
ORAL SESSION
9:45 4-09-O. NASA and the Navajo Nation 2: The Moon D. Scalice, A. Carron
10:00 4-04-O. Lunar Impact Cataclysm: Implications for Astrobiological Conditions
Throughout our Solar System and in Other Planetary Systems D. Kring
10:15 4-13-O. Earth After the Moon-forming Impact K. Zahnle, N.H. Sleep
10:30 4-08-O. Lunar Surface Constraints on the Meteoritic Biogenic Element
Flux on the Early Earth [invited] M. Pasek, A. Anbar
10:45 BREAK
11:00 4-01-O. Distribution of Impact Locations and Velocities of Earth Meteorites
on the Moon [invited] J. Armstrong
11:15 4-11-O. The Moon as a Platform for Observing the Earth as a Habitable World
[invited] M. Turnbull
11:30 4-12-O. Lunar Soils as an Unparalleled Tracer of Early Earth Evolution
Q. Yin, M. Ozima, Y. Miura, Q.Yin
11:45 4-06-O. Human Exploration of the Moon Leading to Mars Exploration and
Astrobiology Science C. McKay
POSTERS
4-02-P. Planetary Protection Implications for Lunar Mission Planning: Science,
Technology, and Feed-Forward to Mars C. Conley, M. Race
4-03-P. Doses from Ionizing Radiation for Activities on the Moon G. De Angelis
4-05-P. PAC: PROTECTED ANTIPODE CIRCLE at the Center of the Farside of the Moon
for the Benefit of All Humankind C. Maccone
4-07-P. Measurements of the Surface Brightness of the Earthshine with Application
to Calibrate Lunar Impacts P. Montanes-Rodriguez
4-10-P. Biomedical Effects of Lunar Dust E. Tranfield, J. Rask, R. Kerschmann, D. Loftus
4-14-P. Cold-trapped Organic Compounds at the Poles of the Moon and Mercury
J. Zhang, D. Paige