Darrell Alec Patterson

SEISMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SHALLOW ( 0- 1 m) SOILS ON THE MOON AND MARS: ICE IN SOILS.

We highlight a payload concept where piezo-sensors are used to characterize the shal-low subsurface (0-1 m) regolith of planetary bodies. Our group’s long-term mission is to design a seismolo-gy instrument as a promising low-cost, low-risk, high-reward payload candidate to permit...