Feasibility study of a long duration balloon flight with NASA/GSFC and Soviet Space Agency Gamma Ray Spectrometers

• Main Authors: Knoll, Glenn, Sharp, William E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: AERONAUTICS (GENERAL); Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19930015888

A feasibility study of conducting a joint NASA/GSFC and Soviet Space Agency long duration balloon flight at the Antarctic in Jan. 1993 is reported. The objective of the mission is the verification and calibration of gamma ray and neutron remote sensing instruments which can be used to obtain geochemical maps of the surface of planetary bodies. The gamma ray instruments in question are the GRAD and the Soviet Phobos prototype. The neutron detectors are supplied by Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Soviet Phobos prototype. These are to be carried aboard a gondola that supplies the data and supplies the power for the period of up to two weeks.