LUMIO & VMMO : two cubeSats for the moon, ESA |
LUMIO & VMMO : two cubeSats for the moon, ESA |
Feb 4 2018, 09:48 PM
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http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_En..._lunar_darkness
The Lunar Meteoroid Impact Orbiter, or Lumio for short, would circle over the far side of the Moon to detect bright impact flashes during the lunar night, mapping meteoroid bombardments as they occur. The other, the Lunar Volatile and Mineralogy Mapping Orbiter, or VMMO, would focus on a permanently shadowed crater near the lunar south pole, searching out deposits of water ice and other volatiles of interest to future colonists, while also measuring lunar radiation. |
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