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| The ROSES 2013 Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research (LASER) Appendix C.8 specifies that: | |
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| The goal of The LASER program is to support and enhance lunar basic science and lunar exploration scienc. It is the objective of the LASER program to conduct a suite of lunar science investigations spanning the continuum from basic science to applied exploration science. Proposals having significant components of both basic and applied lunar science that further our understanding of the Moon and how to conduct science there are sought and highly encouraged. The LASER program also welcomes the submission of "data restoration" proposals. The LASER program supports the broad spectrum of fundamental lunar science encompassing investigations of the lunar surface, interior, exosphere, and the Moon’s near-space environment. Investigations of Earth-Moon system processes and selenogenesis are equally welcome. While LASER is not designed to support large technology or instrument development projects, it is well suited for field activities that integrate technology, operational tests, and basic science to optimize scientific return from robotic and human missions to the Moon. An objective of the LASER program is to enhance the scientific return from NASA - and other - missions to the Moon. These include, but are not limited to, the Ranger, Surveyor, Lunar Orbiter, Apollo program, Clementine, Lunar Prospector, Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) missions. | |
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| The research solicitation states: | |
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The LASER program supports scientific investigations of the Moon using publicly available (released) data. Data to be
used in proposed investigations must be available in the Planetary Data System (PDS) or another publicly accessible archive at
least 30 days prior to the submission due date for LASER proposals. Spacecraft data that have not been placed in the public
domain may not be proposed for use in LASER investigations. Once a proposal has been awarded, investigators are free to augment
the proposed dataset under analysis with data deposited in the PDS (or other publically available archive) subsequent to 30 days
prior to the LASER submission date.
Whether from the PDS or another source, if the data to be analyzed are not certified or otherwise have issues that might represent an obstacle to analysis, the proposers must clearly demonstrate that such potential difficulties can be overcome | |
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| Mission data are available from the Planetary Data System (PDS). | |
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| Critical Dates | ||
| Notice of Intent Due Date | Data Included in PDS by | Proposal Due Date |
| 12/27/13 | 01/30/14 | 02/28/14 |
| Data Available at PPI | |
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| Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) | Lunar Prospector (LP) |
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| Other Data Within PDS | |
| The following Discipline Nodes also have Lunar information pages: | |
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Imaging Node Geosciences Node | |
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| Ancillary data (SPICE files) can be obtained from the NAIF Node | |
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Web Master: PDS-PPI Operator Nasa Official: William Knopf Last Updated: Febuary 2009 |