Session: Return to the Moon: A New Era of Lunar Exploration (2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008))

Pardee Keynote Sessions

Sunday, 5 October 2008: 1:30 PM-4:45 PM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 352DEF

Presiding:

Jeffrey Plescia and Paul D. Spudis

1:30 PM

A New Era of Scientific Exploration of the Moon
Paul D. Spudis, Lunar and Planetary Institute

2:00 PM

The Moon's Poles: Lunar Incognita?
Ben Bussey, Applied Physics Lab

2:20 PM

Towards Understanding of Lunar Polar Volatile Deposits
David J. Lawrence, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Richard C. Elphic

2:40 PM

Giant Impact and Cataclysm: Consensus Premature
Harrison H. Schmitt, University of Wisconsin-Madison

3:00 PM

Break

3:15 PM

Lunar Differentiation: Insights from Lunar Samples
G. Jeffrey Taylor, Univ Hawaii - Manoa

3:45 PM

Formation and Evolution of Lunar Soil from An Apollo Perspective
Lawrence A. Taylor, University of Tennessee

4:05 PM

Geochemistry and Petrology of the Moon: New Insights from New Missions
Bradley L. Jolliff, Washington University

4:25 PM

Lunar Interior Structure: Current Understanding, Unresolved Questions and Future Advances
Catherine Louise Johnson, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

162 Return to the Moon: A New Era of Lunar Exploration