Whitepaper #342 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: surface/geological evolution; habitability and water; Mercury and/or the Moon
by David Paige, Caitlin Ahrens, Steve Bailey, Marshall Eubanks, Paul Hayne, Katherine Mesick, Steve Price, Charles Radley, and Wayne Zimmerman
Published onMar 18, 2021
Small Lunar Penetrators
Small lunar penetrators are poised to become a valuable new tool for lunar science and exploration during the next decade. These low-cost ballistic probes can be deployed from orbit, or from descending robotic or crewed vehicles in large numbers to explore and characterize the diversity of extreme lunar shallow subsurface environments.
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