CREATION OF AN ATMOSPHERE FOR THE MOON

Abstract

The report describes a method of creating a lunar atmosphere. If the lunar crust were deliberately and methodically broken, simulating earthquake and volcanic activity on the planets, some of the stored gases and vapors could be released and would form a lunar atmosphere.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0690144

Entities

People

  • L. Marshall Libby

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Atmospheres
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Elastic Scattering
  • Electric Current
  • Gravitational Fields
  • Low Density
  • Lunar Crust
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Moon
  • Particles
  • Planetary Atmospheres
  • Planets
  • Radiation
  • Solar Wind
  • Surface Temperature

Readers

  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris