Tuesday 9 Septemer
1112h
Tony Lavoie, is Lunar Precursor Robotics programme manager at MSFC
Talking about Lunar Reconnassaince Orbiter and need for good lunar pole data
Talking about LCROSS and lunar mapping project, nothing new
We decided that we could get the human mission going, get most of the information we need with just LRO and LCROSS
In medium term have plans to shift focus to scientific focus
1112h
Tony Lavoie, is Lunar Precursor Robotics programme manager at MSFC
Talking about Lunar Reconnassaince Orbiter and need for good lunar pole data
Talking about LCROSS and lunar mapping project, nothing new
We decided that we could get the human mission going, get most of the information we need with just LRO and LCROSS
In medium term have plans to shift focus to scientific focus
LRO could carry on after 12-month mapping mission to do scientific study for science mission directorate
LCROSS finished testing and it is almost ready to go
LRO undergoing integrated environmental tests and will soon be having vacuum testing
Lunar mapping project, moving toward authority to proceed by mid-to-late November
Future of lunar robotics mission is the orbiters GRAIL and LADEE and the International Lunar Network, which is a series of landers for seismographic mission
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