Technology of lunar exploration a selection of technical papers based mainly on the American Rocket Society Lunar Missions Meeting held at Cleveland, Ohio, July 17-19, 1962

Progress in Astronautics and Rocketry, Volume 10: Technology of Lunar Exploration is an overview of the technical base of the lunar exploration problem. This volume is organized into six sections encompassing 35 that follow the various stages of accomplishment of a lunar mission, involving landing on or orbiting the moon and returning to the earth. The first section is devoted to the problem of trying to define the lunar environment, emphasizing the theories of the lunar environment as it relates to the internal structure of the moon. This section also describes some activities to achieve a reasonable theory concerning what might be encountered in some of the previous lunar flight programs. The second section explores the problems associated with the limitations imposed upon lunar missions by the launch vehicles and launching facilities. The third section looks at the spacecraft systems and techniques required for lunar missions, particularly the technology and specific subsystems in relation to the requirements imposed by specific lunar mission objectives. The fourth section deals with the actual landing on the moon and the subsequent surface operations, while the fifth section covers the lunar launch, return, flight re-entry, and subsequent landing on earth. The sixth section reports the status of the projects that represent the United States lunar exploration program, which integrates the technologies developed in the preceding sections into certain discrete projects. Content: Progress in ASTRONAUTICS and ROCKETRY , Pages ii-iii Front Matter , Page v Copyright , Page vi PROGRAM COMMITTEE, LUNAR MISSIONS MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ROCKET SOCIETY , Page vii PREFACE , Pages ix-xi , Clifford I. Cummings, Harold R. Lawrence INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE MOON , Pages 3-33 , Zdenek Kopal A LUNAR SURFACE MODEL FOR ENGINEERING PURPOSES , Pages 35-81 , Victor P. Head U. S. AIR FORCE CARTOGRAPHIC SUPPORT OF LUNAR MISSIONS , Pages 83-96 , Robert W. Carder REACTION OF THE LUNAR SURFACE TO THE IMPACT OF A LUNAR PROBE , Pages 97-136 , J. William Gehring Jr., David W. Sieck LUNAR MISSIONS: LAUNCH TO RENDEZVOUS , Pages 139-165 , A.B. Mickelwait LAUNCH VEHICLE PERFORMANCE , Pages 167-182 , Warren H. Amster SATURN ASCENDING PHASE GUIDANCE AND CONTROL TECHNIQUES , Pages 183-209 , F. Brooks Moore, Melvin Brooks ANALYTICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF SPACE RENDEZVOUS , Pages 211-236 , Robert E. Roberson RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING TECHNIQUES , Pages 237-264 , J. Heilfron, F.H. Kaufman MIDCOURSE GUIDANCE USING RADIO TECHNIQUES , Pages 265-278 , Clarence R. Gates, Elliott Cutting THE MANNED LUNAR MISSION , Pages 281-290 , Robert R. Gilruth, Maxime A. Faget MANNED SPACE FLIGHT , Pages 291-318 , Norman J. Ryker Jr. SATURN S-IV SPACECRAFT SYSTEM , Pages 319-326 , T.J. Gordon SUPPLY TRUCK TO THE MOON , Pages 327-356 , D.H. Dickstein OPTIMIZING SPACE PROGRAMS , Pages 357-380 , A.E. Robertson, P.R. Fatianow EFFECTS OF CHRONIC LUNAR GRAVITY ON HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY , Pages 381-411 , J.G. Gaume, Walter Kuehnegger A TECHNIQUE OF EVALUATING FUEL LOSSES DUE TO METEOROID PUNCTURE AND SOME TIMELY EXAMPLES , Pages 413-432 , Andrew H. Jazwinski THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR EXTRAVEHICULAR SPACE SUITS , Pages 433-447 , G.B. Whisenhunt, R.A. Knezek ABORT CONSIDERATIONS FOR MANNED LUNAR MISSIONS , Pages 451-482 , Thomas J. Kelly, Rudolph J. Adornato, Kenneth H. Speiser MAN-TO-THE-MOON AND RETURN MISSION UTILIZING LUNAR-SURFACE RENDEZVOUS , Pages 483-532 , John G. Small, W.J. Downhower LUNAR POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATION , Pages 533-559 , L.E. Vogler SIMULATION OF MANNED LUNAR LANDING , Pages 561-588 , E. Markson, J. Bryant, F. Bergsten TIME LAG CONSIDERATION IN OPERATOR CONTROL OF LUNAR VEHICLES FROM EARTH , Pages 589-613 , Richard A. Newman SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS OF MANNED LUNAR RETURN MISSIONS , Pages 617-644 , Alfred J. Eggers Jr., Thomas J. Wong, Harold Hornby, John A. Wyss LEAP – A ONE-MAN LUNAR ESCAPE AMBULANCE PACK , Pages 645-658 , Dennis S. Carton TRAJECTORY AND GUIDANCE CONSIDERATIONS FOR LUNAR RETURN MISSIONS , Pages 659-686 , T.A. Magness, W.H. Pace Jr., P.A. Penzo, P. Steiner, E.H. Tompkins TRAJECTORY CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE RETURN TO EARTH PHASE OF LUNAR MISSIONS , Pages 687-702 , J.P. Gapcynski, R.H. Tolson SUPERCIRCULAR RE-ENTRY GUIDANCE FOR A FIXED L/D VEHICLE EMPLOYING A SKIP FOR EXTREME RANGES , Pages 703-733 , J.P. Bryant, M.P. Frank ABORT PROBLEMS OF THE LUNAR LANDING MISSION , Pages 735-759 , G. Bartos, A.B. Greenberg DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR A RE-ENTRY VEHICLE THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM , Pages 761-782 , J.H. Bridges, F.D. Richmond DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS OF EARTH LANDING SYSTEMS FOR A MANNED SPACECRAFT , Pages 783-816 , A.M. Smith, R.M. Hartung, J.C. McMullen, T.A. Burns CALCULATION OF FLOW FIELDS ABOUT BLUNT BODIES OF REVOLUTION TRAVELING AT ESCAPE VELOCITY , Pages 817-852 , Robert H. Edsall RANGER PROJECT STATUS , Pages 855-875 , J.D. Burke SURVEYOR PROJECT STATUS , Pages 877-904 , W.E. Giberson SATURN PROJECT STATUS , Pages 905-925 , O.H. Lange APOLLO PROJECT STATUS , Pages 927-940 , Charles W. Frick THE NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM–PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS , Pages 943-952 , Robert C. Seamans Jr. LUNAR ORBITAL RENDEZVOUS FOR APOLLO , Pages 953-960 , D. Brainerd Holmes THE MILITARY ROLE IN SPACE , Pages 961-969 , Brockway McMillan RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MANNED AND UNMANNED PROGRAMS , Pages 971-974 , Joseph F. Shea NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR SPACE FLIGHT? , Pages 975-985 , R.W. Bussard CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 10 , Pages 987-989