DRAFT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION FOR RADAR AND RADIOMETRIC LUNAR SURFACE STUDIES

Abstract

This report was prepared in response to the question, 'What information on the nature of the lunar surface, having an important bearing on attempts to land man on the moon, can be gotten from earth-based radar and radiometric systems.' The program in radio selenography described would involve the use of some of the most powerful radars, equipped with the largest antennas in existence today, to make the measurements over a wide range of wavelengths, and with varying degrees of resolution. A summary of results to be expected is presented as is an estimate of the time required to carry out the several portions of the program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 20, 1964
Accession Number
AD0609384

Entities

People

  • P. B. Sebring

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Millimeter Waves
  • Observatories
  • Optical Properties
  • Radar
  • Research Facilities
  • Roughness
  • Scattering
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Roughness

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects