COHESIVE PROPERTIES OF LUNAR SOILS AS INDICATED BY SURVEYOR ONE

SURVEYOR ONE HAS ADDED CONSIDERABLY TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE NATURE OF THE LUNAR SURFACE IN THAT IT HAS PROVIDED THE FIRST DIRECT EVIDENCE THAT BOTH DISRUPTIVE AND AGGLOMERATIVE PROCESSES ARE ACTING. IT HAS NOT, HOWEVER, PROVIDED A UNIQUE SOLUTION AS TO WHICH OF THE VARIOUS PROPOSED PROCESSES MAY DOMINATE, AND TO WHAT DEGREE. ONE CANNOT AS YET DESCRIBE THE PRECISE MANNER IN WHICH THIS SOIL WILL BEHAVE. THIS DIFFICULTY ARISES BECAUSE SURVEYOR IS TO A LARGE DEGREE A REMOTE SENSOR AND FOR REMOTE SENSORS, WHEN LITTLE OR NO GROUND TRUTH IS AVAILABLE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE OBJECTIVE FROM SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 14, pp 61-79, 6 FIG
• Authors:
  • Ryan, J
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Science and Technology

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Artificial satellites; Cohesion; Moon; Properties of materials; Sensors; Soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Agglomeration; Lunar soils; Soil properties
• Old TRIS Terms: Satellite program
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00229083
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 2004 1:49AM