Universities Space Research Association

HOSTING, MAINTENANCE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF THE NEXSS WEBSITE AND MEETING SUPPORT

PSI WILL LEAD THE EFFORT ON DESIGN, DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF PLANETARY SME NEEDS ASSESSMENT (2021)

ANALYSES OF APOLLO AND LUNAR-RELATED MATERIALS TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF VOLATILE ELEMENTS IN THEM AND THEIR SOURCE REGIONS, IN AN EFFORT TO CHARACTERIZE THE VOLATILE CYCLE OF THE MOON. THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH THOSE OF OTHER TEAM INVESTIGATORS WHO ARE STUDYING ADDITIONAL PETROLOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL, AND ISOTOPIC ATTRIBUTES OF THE SAMPLES AND/OR ARE INVESTIGATING RELATED LUNAR AND ASTEROID SCIENCE ISSUES AS PART OF THE CENTER FOR LUNAR SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION (CLSE) ACTIVITIES. WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE INTELLECTUAL DISCUSSION OF THE TEAM AND WORK WITH THE TEAM TO EXPLORE THE SCIENCE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED AND, WHEN WARRANTED AND APPROVED BY THE PI, FOLLOW NEW LEADS THAT THE WORK REVEALS. WILL PARTICIPATE IN TEAM MEETINGS, USING TELE-CONFERENCING TOOLS. WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH OTHER SENIOR CLSE SCIENTISTS AND MEET PEERS ON THE TEAM.

CSTL WILL WORK WITH THE PLANETARY REACH TEAM TO PLAN CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT INSTITUTES. CSTL WILL CO-FACILITATE AT LEAST ONE CONFERENCE PRESENTATION AND UP TO THREE WORKSHOPS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT DAYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY PER YEAR. THE WORKSHOPS WILL ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO UTILIZE THE MATERIALS, AND UNDERSTAND AUDIENCE NEEDS TO SUPPORT BETTER CONNECTIONS.

WILL PROVIDE HIGHLY SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT ANALYSES AND OSMIUM AND MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF IMPACT LITHOLOGIES AND REGOLITH SAMPLES TO IDENTIFY IMPACT PROJECTILES. THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE ANALYSES OF EXPERIMENTAL SAMPLES TO DETERMINE IF LUNAR SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS IN MAGMATIC SOURCE REGIONS ARE THE RESULT OF INTERNAL PROCESSES OR THE DELIVERY OF A LATE VENEER OF THOSE ELEMENTS. THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH THOSE OF OTHER TEAM INVESTIGATORS WHO ARE STUDYING ADDITIONAL PETROLOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL, AND ISOTOPIC ATTRIBUTES OF THE SAMPLES AND/OR ARE INVESTIGATING RELATED LUNAR SCIENCE ISSUES AS PART OF THE CENTER FOR LUNAR SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES. UMD PARTICIPANTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE INTELLECTUAL DISCUSSION OF THE TEAM AND WORK WITH THE TEAM TO EXPLORE THE SCIENCE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE PROPOSAL AND, WHEN WARRANTED AND APPROVED, FOLLOW NEW LEADS THAT THE WORK REVEALS. BECAUSE THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT THAT HAS A STRONG INTEREST IN TRAINING YOUNG INVESTIGATORS, THE CO-I AND STUDENT(S) WILL PARTICIPATE IN TEAM MEETINGS USING TELE-CONFERENCING TOOLS PROVIDING THE STUDENT(S) AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH OTHER SENIOR CLSE SCIENTISTS AND MEET HIS/HER PEERS ON TEH TEAM.

LEADS EVALUATION EFFORTS FOR PLANETARY REACH

WORK WITH THE PLANETARY REACH TEAM TO PLAN CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT INSTITUTES. SUBRECIPIENT WILL CO-FACILITATE AT LEAST ONE SCIENCE CONFERENCE PRESENTATION/WORKSHOP (FOR INSTANCE, AT DPS OR AGU OR GSA) AND AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT INSTITUTE ACROSS THE COUNTRY PER YEAR. EACH INSTITUTE PLUS THE TIME FOR CONDUCTING A PUBLIC EVENT AT THE END WILL INCLUDE 4 DAYS.

PROVIDE PETROLOGIC, GEOCHEMICAL, ISOTOPIC ANALYSES OF LUNAR AND METEORITIC MATERIAL TO HELP EVALUATE THE COLLISIONAL EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

PROVIDE NOBLE GAS ANALYSES AND, IN PARTICULAR, AR-AR ISOTOPE ANALYSIS, TO DETERMINE THE CHRONOLOGY OF LUNAR AND METEORITIC IMPACT LITHOLOGIES.

DR. NOVAK WILL " INPUT FOR MONTHLY QUAD-CHART REPORTS FOR NASA SCIENCE ACTIVATION " ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORTS " PARTICIPATE IN TEAM MEETINGS AT LPI IN 2021, 2023, AND 2025 (ANTICIPATE 2.5 DAYS PLUS TRAVEL TIME) " PARTICIPATES IN ONLINE TEAM MEETINGS AS NEEDED

PROVIDE PETROLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF APOLLO AND LUNAR-RELATED MATERIALS TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF VOLATILE ELEMENTS IN THEM AND THEIR SOURCE REGIONS, IN AN EFFORT TO CHARACTERIZE THE VOLATILE-CYCLE OF THE MOON.

WORK WITH LPI E/PO STAFF TO REVIEW E/PO AND INSTITUTE EFFORTS AND IDENTIFY THOSE THAT CAN BE FURTHER ENHANCED BY THE USE OF/MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF NEW MEDIA TOOLS AND APPROACHES (E.G., ENHANCING FOR TRAINED EDUCATORS, CAMPAIGNS TO BROADENING REACH OF PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS). IDENTIFY SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES BETWEEN LPI'S AND NMC'S E/PO AND INSTITUTE EFFORTS. MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LPI E/PO TEAM AND INSTITUTE PERSONNEL FOR THE STRATEGIC USE OF NEW MEDIA TOOLS AND APPROACHES IN LPI/S E/PO AND INSTITUTE PROGRAMS AND IN COLLABORATION WITH NMC. WORK WITH LPI AND ITS EVALUATOR TO SELECT THE MOST STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS, DESIGN RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES, IDENTIFY IDEAL OUTCOMES, AND REVIEW EVALUATION TOOLS TO MEASURE IMPACT. WORK WITH LPI TO IMPLEMENT SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES AS FUNDING PERMITS. MEET WITH LPI E/PO AND INSTITUTE PERSONNEL QUARTERLY TO REVIEW ACTIVITY PROGRESS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES BASED ON EVALUATION DATA.

RESPONSIBLE FOR USING VIMS DATA TO INFER THE DISTRIBUTION OF ICE AGES OVER 30 CRATERS ON THE SURFACES OF TETHYS, DIONE, AND RHEA. USING SUCH DATA, THE CO-L WILL RESOLVE THE FORMATION AGE OF THESE YOUNG CRATERS. SETI WILL ADDITIONALLY AIDE IN THE INTERPRETATION OF THE MODELING RESULTS AND IN MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION. SETI WILL WORK WITH CO-LS TO DEVELOP A LIST OF CRATERS WITH THE BEST DATA TO STUDY BOTH ICE PHASE DISTRIBUTION AND CRATERING STATISTICS. THE CO-L WILL ALSO SUPERVISE 2 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS PER PROPOSED YEAR

REVISE STEM ENHANCEMENT IN EARTH SCIENCE (SEES) RESOURCES DEVELOPED UNDER SCIACT TO ADJUST FOR USE BY INFORMAL EDUCATORS AND PUBLIC, AND REDESIGN FOR SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES.

1) PROVIDE INPUT FOR ROSES EXOBIOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY SOLICITATION ANNUALLY & ANY UPDATES AS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 2) ORGANIZE & MANAGE REVIEW PANELS: SET DATES & LOCATIONS, OVERSEE RECRUITING ALL PANELISTS & NON-PANEL REVIEWERS, CONDUCT THE REVIEW, & REVIEW PANEL EVALUATIONS. 3) COMMUNICATE WITH PROPOSERS REGARDING THE PROGRESS OF THEIR REVIEW & SELECTION DECISIONS, & EVALUATE REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION. 4) PREPARE & PRESENT TO THE SELECTING OFFICIAL THE SELECTION REQUIREMENTS PACKAGE AND THE SELECTION DECISION DOCUMENT. 5) INTERFACE WITH HGAO, NSSC, AND THE PROGRAM SUPPORT SPECIALIST, & RESOURCE ANALYSTS TO FACILITATE TIMELY RELEASE OF FUNDING. 6) COMMUNICATE WITH PRIOR AWARD RECIPIENTS REGARDING THE PROGRESS OF THEIR RESEARCH AND THE ACCEPTABILITY OF THEIR ANNUAL REPORTS. 7) INTERFACE WITH HGAO, NSSC, THE PROGRAM SUPPORT SPECIALIST, & RESOURCE ANALYSTS TO FACILITATE TIMELY RELEASE OF CONTINUATION FUNDS. 8) PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RELATED FUNDING ACTIONS ON ANY REQUESTS FOR PI TRANSFERS, AUGMENTATIONS, & EXTENSIONS OF EXISTING AWARDS. 9) SET REVIEW SCHEDULE TO ENABLE ANNOUNCEMENT OF SELECTION DECISIONS WITHIN 180 DAYS OF PROPOSAL RECEIPT. SELECTION DECISIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED WITHIN 180 DAYS OF PROPOSAL RECEIPT OR WITHIN 4 WEEKS OF MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT TO PROGRAM BUDGETS, WHICHEVER IS LATER. 10) PROVIDE INPUT TO THE ANNUAL GPRA REPORT.

STATEMENT OF WORK JULIE STOPAR, PH.D WILL SERVE AS INSTITUTIONAL PL AND A MEMBER OF THE CASA MOON SCIENCE TEAM, INCLUDING RESEARCH AND MISSION OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT ROLES AS NEEDED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: • ESTABLISHING LINKAGES BETWEEN EXISTING ORBITAL DATA, SAMPLES, FUTURE EXPLORATION SITES, AND UPCOMING DATA SETS • CONNECTING SAMPLE CHRONOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND MINERALOGY TO ORBITAL REMOTE SENSING DATA FOR LUNAR PYROCLASTIC AND OTHER VOLCANIC DEPOSITS • INVESTIGATING THE COMPOSITIONAL DIVERSITY OF PYROCLASTIC MATERIALS AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY RELATE TO THE EVOLUTION OF VOLCANISM AND THE LUNAR INTERIOR • PARTICIPATE IN REGULAR MEETINGS/TELECONFERENCE CALLS, AS NEEDED • ATTEND THE KICKOFF MEETING • PREPARE AND PRESENT PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS AS NEEDED • SUPPORT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR BROADENING IMPACT AND ACCESSIBILITY OF RESEARCH • ORGANIZE SCIENCE TEAM THEME GROUPS AND MEETINGS AS NEEDED DR. STOPAR WILL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DELIVERABLES: • PROVIDE ACTIVITY SUMMARIES MONTHLY/ANNUALLY • CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS • RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS • CONTRIBUTIONS TO AND SUPPORT OF MISSION WEB AND MEDIA CONTENT • SUPPORT THE INCLUSION PLAN

SCOPE OF WORK " CO-I STOPAR THE PRIMARY PROPOSED TASK IS TO PERFORM MODELING OF WATER-REGOLITH REACTIONS. THE MODELING WILL SUPPORT AND COMPLEMENT OTHER PROPOSED TASKS INCLUDING ALTERATION EXPERIMENTS ON LUNAR REGOLITH SIMULANTS AND CURATION CONSIDERATIONS. TO CONSTRAIN HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR SPECIFIC MINERAL REACTIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF LIQUID WATER OR GAS, RATE EQUATIONS WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE THE VOLUME OF MATERIAL THAT WOULD BE ALTERED AT DIFFERENT TIME-STEPS FOLLOWING THE ONSET OF HEATING. THUS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TIME IT WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TAKE FOR 10% OF THE ANORTHITE TO ALTER IN A SOIL WITH 1 MM GRAINS, 30% ANORTHITE, AND 5% H2O BY MASS AT A DEPTH OF 35 CM (OR CONFINING PRESSURE OF 6 MBARS) WILL BE CONSTRAINED BY THE MODELS. FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED: PRESENCE OF LIQUID WATER AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES, PRESSURES, VARIOUS REGOLITH AND SIMULANT MINERAL COMPONENTS (PYROXENE, PLAGIOCLASE, GLASS, OLIVINE, FE-METAL, AGGLUTINATES), REGOLITH MINERAL COMPONENTS OF VARYING DIMENSIONS, AND CURATION SETTING OR GEOLOGIC SETTING. PUBLICATIONS(S) WILL SUMMARIZE RESULTS OF THE MODELS AND THEIR RELEVANCE FOR OTHER CONSORTIUM RESEARCH.

DEPUTY PI RAPETTI WILL CO-LEAD THEORETICAL AND OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH ON RADIO PLANET MAGNETOSPHERES AND 21-CM COSMOLOGY USING BOTH EXISTING AND FUTURE OBSERVATIONS, INCLUDING GROUND AND SPACE-BASED INSTRUMENTS AS USEFUL, AND LEAD DATA ANALYSIS PIPELINE DEVELOPMENTS FOR RADIO EXOPLANETS AND 21-CM COSMOLOGY STUDIES TOWARDS OPTIMIZING THE DESIGN OF FUTURE EXPERIMENTS AND HIGH-QUALITY MEASUREMENTS. THE STATE-OF-THE-ART PIPELINE DEVELOPED FOR LOW RADIO FREQUENCY OBSERVATIONS CONTAINING THE GLOBALLY AVERAGED SPIN-FLIP 21-CM BACKGROUND WILL BE EXTENDED AND ADAPTED TO INCORPORATE SUCH AN AUGMENTED FRAMEWORK. TO EFFECTIVELY OPTIMIZE THE DESIGN OF LUNAR RADIO TELESCOPES, RAPETTI WILL ALSO SUPPORT POTENTIAL LUNARLAB EFFORTS TO LEVERAGE SYNERGIES WITH OTHER ASTROPHYSICAL PROBES, AS WELL AS PIPELINE AUGMENTATIONS FOR THEORETICAL MODELING AIMED AT PLANNING FOR FUTURE LUNAR RADIO TELESCOPES. KEY EXTENSIONS OF THE PIPELINE WILL AIM AT MAXIMIZING THE SCIENTIFIC YIELD OF LUNAR-BASED INTERFEROMETERS STUDIED BY LUNARLAB SUCH AS FARSIDE AND FARVIEW, WHICH WILL MEASURE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE SPIN-FLIP BACKGROUND, BOTH ACROSS THE SKY AND IN THE RADIAL DIRECTION. STATISTICAL MEASUREMENTS OF THE 21-CM LINE PLACE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS ON THE SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ANALOG AND DIGITAL HARDWARE. TO LEVERAGE THE PIPELINE TO JOINTLY STUDY MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF THE TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN INSTRUMENT DESIGN AND SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL, DEPUTY PI RAPETTI WILL LEAD OTHER TEAM MEMBERS AND POTENTIAL COLLABORATORS IN AN EFFORT TOWARDS EXPANDING THE PIPELINE TO INCLUDE SPATIAL FLUCTUATIONS, AS MEASURED BY INTERFEROMETERS OVER A RANGE OF SCALES, AND USING IT TO TEST FOR THE EXTRACTION OF THE POWER SPECTRUM SIGNAL FROM SYSTEMATICS WITH LUNAR RADIO TELESCOPE DESIGNS TO MAXIMIZE SCIENCE RETURNS. DEPUTY PI RAPETTI WILL ALSO ASSIST PI BURNS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TEAM REPORTS AND IN CONTRIBUTING TO PRESENTATIONS ON LUNARLAB AT EC MEETINGS AT THE REDUCED LEVEL PERMITTED BY SSERVI BASED ON THE LIMITED TEAM SIZE.

CO-I RIVERA-VALENTIN WILL WORK WITHIN THEME 2 (INVESTIGATIONS OF FINE-GRAINED MATERIALS ON THE LUNAR SURFACE) OF THE PROPOSED WORK TO PERFORM SIMULATIONS OF IMPACT-INDUCED MIXING TO UNDERSTAND THE ORIGIN OF MINERALS THAT ARE THOUGHT TO ARISE FROM DEPTH ON THE MOON.