A Conceptual Study on Lunar exploration after SELENE Mission

摘要

SLENE project is developing as the first ISAS/NASDA joint lunar program to be launched in 2004. The purpose of the SELENE project is the elucidation of the origin and evolution of the moon and the investigation of the possibility of utilization in future moon. In this paper, we describe a conceptual study of the future lunar exploration /development scenarios and introduce the post-SELENE mission (SELENE2).