NASA's long-term exploration goals include a return to manned missions to the Moon that will culminate in a permanent manned station on the Moon. Prior to embarking on such a mission, a series of precursor unmanned robotic missions are required to ascertain the best locations for manned exploration or a permanent lunar base. These precursor missions will consist of both orbital missions, such as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and missions for which probes will be landed on the lunar surface. The south polar region of the Moon has attracted much recent attention due to the possibility of significant amounts of frozen water being trapped in permanently shadowed regions in craters in that region. In order to better plan and determine the optimal landing sites for such probes, as much a priori information as possible on the lunar south polar region is desired. Of particular importance from a landing survivability and accessible exploration region perspective is knowledge concerning the lunar topography. This paper will discuss processing of recently acquired radar interferometric data from Earth-based radar, namely the NASA Goldstone Solar System Radar, into topographic maps.
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机译：美国宇航局的长期勘探目标包括回归载人的使命是月球，这些使命将在月球上的永久载人站中达到高潮。在开始这样一个使命之前，需要一系列前体无人机机器人任务，以确定有人探索或永久月球基地的最佳位置。这些前体特派团将包括轨道任务，例如月球侦察轨道（LRO）和探针将降落在月球表面上的特派团。由于在该地区的陨石坑中的陨落在陨落在陨落在该地区的陨落在陨落在该地区的陨落在该地区的陨落在该地区的陨落区中，月亮的南北极地最近引起了最近的关注。为了更好地规划和确定这种探针的最佳着陆网站，需要尽可能多地获得月球南极区域的先验信息。特别重要的着陆生存能力和可访问的探索区域的观点是有关月球地形的知识。本文将讨论从基于地球雷达的最近获得的雷达干涉数据的处理，即NASA Goldstone Solar System Radar，进入地形图。
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