Searching for lunar water: the Lunar Volatile Resources Analysis Package
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Dewar, J. M. Pillinger, S. Sheridan, I. P. Wright, E. K. Gibson, J. A. Merrifield, C. J. Howe, L. J. Waugh and C. T. Pillinger, Planetary & Space Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes. MK7 6AA UK. ([email protected]), Astromaterials Research Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA, Fluid Gravity Engineering, 1 West Street, Emsworth, PO10 7DX, UK, RAL Space, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, UK, EADS Astrium Ltd., Gunnels Wood Rd., Stevenage SG1 2AS, UK.
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