月面無人地質探査ミッション

抄録

Unmanned lunar geologic exploration of a crater’s central peak to investigate subsurface layering is discussed. Rover-lander corporative mission is executed. From a lander which is within 500m from the frank of the central peak, a rover should make a round-trip to the frank and bring samples back to the lander. Multi-band camera, gamma-ray spectrometer, rock-coring mechanism, sampling and transportation mechanism should be on board the rover. Detailed analyses of the returned samples including microscopic spectroscopy and X-ray spectrometry and diffraction should be done in the lander.