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Geological exploration from orbital altitudes

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Abstract

The National Aeronautics & Space Administration is planning geologic exploration from orbiting spacecraft. For that purpose it is evaluating new and refined exploration tools, often called remote sensors, including devices that are sensitive to force fields, such as gravity gradient systems, and devices that record the reflection or emission of electromagnetic energy. Both passive electromagnetic sensors (those that rely on natural sources of illumination, such as the Sun) and active electromagnetic sensors (which use an artificial source of illumination) are being considered.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Geological exploration from orbital altitudes
Series title Geotimes
Volume 10
Issue 2
Year Published 1965
Language English
Publisher American Geological Institute
Publisher location Alexandria, VA
Contributing office(s) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Description 5 p.
First page 11
Last page 14
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