1.0 Background

Lunar In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)

Google Scholar Search "ISRU"

[1]G. B. Sanders and W. E. Larson, "Progress Made in Lunar In Situ Resource Utilization under NASA's Exploration Technology and Development Program," J. Aerosp. Eng., vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 5–17, Jan. 2013, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000208.

[1]M. Anand et al., "A brief review of chemical and mineralogical resources on the Moon and likely initial in situ resource utilization (ISRU) applications," Planetary and Space Science, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 42–48, Dec. 2012, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2012.08.012.

2.0 Optical Spectrometry Overview

How Spectrometry Works

Google Search for "Optical Spectrometry"

[1]"5.3 Spectroscopy in Astronomy - Astronomy | OpenStax." https://openstax.org/books/astronomy/pages/5-3-spectroscopy-in-astronomy (accessed Sep. 21, 2020).

[1]"ESA - Eduspace EN - Home - Introduction," Jun. 11, 2010. http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_EN/SEM7IQ3Z2OF_0.html (accessed Sep. 21, 2020).

Google Scholar Search "photonic crystal spectrometer review"

The spectrometer that will be used is a photonic crystal spectral sensor spectrometer. This technology has been created within the last 10 years.

[1]N. K. Pervez, W. Cheng, Z. Jia, M. P. Cox, H. M. Edrees, and I. Kymissis, "Photonic crystal spectrometer," Opt. Express, vol. 18, no. 8, p. 8277, Apr. 2010, doi: 10.1364/OE.18.008277.

[1]B. Momeni, E. S. Hosseini, M. Askari, M. Soltani, and A. Adibi, "Integrated photonic crystal spectrometers for sensing applications," Optics Communications, vol. 282, no. 15, pp. 3168–3171, Aug. 2009, doi: 10.1016/j.optcom.2009.04.052.

[1]Z. Wang et al., "Single-shot on-chip spectral sensors based on photonic crystal slabs," Nat Commun, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 1020, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08994-5.

Articles Found From Chromation Website

[1]K. M. Bryan, Z. Jia, N. K. Pervez, M. P. Cox, M. J. Gazes, and I. Kymissis, "Inexpensive photonic crystal spectrometer for colorimetric sensing applications," Opt. Express, OE, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 4411–4423, Feb. 2013, doi: 10.1364/OE.21.004411.

[1]T. C. Garza, J. I. Scholtz, M. J. Gazes, I. Kymissis, and N. K. Pervez, "Low-cost photonic crystals for spectral sensors fabricated using projection lithography," in Next-Generation Spectroscopic Technologies VII, May 2014, vol. 9101, p. 91010F, doi: 10.1117/12.2053575.

[1]N. K. Pervez et al., "Integrated Light Management as a Path to Miniaturizing Spectrometers," in Imaging and Applied Optics 2017 (3D, AIO, COSI, IS, MATH, pcAOP) (2017), paper ATh2A.3, Jun. 2017, p. ATh2A.3, doi: 10.1364/AIO.2017.ATh2A.3.

See also

3.0 Lunar Resource Detection with Spectrometry

Resources Present in Lunar Soil

Volatiles

[1]"SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM, LUNAR SURFACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES APPENDIX." NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA), Jul. 15, 2020, Accessed: Jul. 28, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId={0BA38320-8F63-2EAF-D97B-0AB42AF17C35}.

Table of lunar volatiles from LCROSS data. Courtesy of the NASA 2020 LuSTER RFP

Non-Volatile Soil Composition

Test Soil Composition

Lunar Resource Detection Bands

Tabulated target bands for resource detection

4.0 Chromation Spec Compact Spectrometer

This vendor-provided spectrometer will be used for future lunar resource detection in this research and development effort.

Capabilities

Optical properties:

Recommended operation parameters:

Absolute maximum operation parameters:

5.0 Other Spectrometers

5.1 Space Mission Spectrometers

CRISM

[1]"CRISM Web Site," CRISM: Compact Reconnaissance Imager for Mars. http://crism.jhuapl.edu/index.php (accessed Sep. 22, 2020).

Reflectance of Materials measured by CRISM

CRISM specifications

  • Scannable space-based spectrometer
  • used to determine mineral composition of mars and which places may of once had water
  • used for landing site selection
  • Bandwidth: 0.362-3.92 microns
  • 6.55 nanometers/channel
  • channels:
    • VIS/NIR: 106 channels, 0.3646-1.0560nm
  • visible strengths:
    • iron in minerals
    • rust/iron oxide (red)
  • IR strengths:
    • sulfates
    • carbonatees
    • hydroxyls
    • water

Other CRISM Notes

  • IR is needed to maximize ability to use spectrometry to find above volatiles when in minerals
  • Identifies composition of materials by looking at known absorption/reflectance bands for series of minerals/compounds

NIRVSS - (Lunar Prospector)

[1]T. L. Roush et al., "In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) field expedition 2012: Near-Infrared Volatile Spectrometer System (NIRVSS) science measurements compared to site knowledge," Advances in Space Research, vol. 55, no. 10, pp. 2451–2456, May 2015, doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2014.08.033.

[1]T. L. Roush et al., "NIRVSS Aboard CLPS," Mar. 2020, vol. 51, p. 2581, Accessed: Sep. 15, 2020. [Online]. Available: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020LPI....51.2581R.

[1]"EMI / EMC Design for Class D Payloads(Resource Prospector / NIRVSS)," presented at the NASA Ames Instrumentation Workshop, Sep. 16, 2015, Accessed: Sep. 15, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150020897.

VINS - (Chang'e 3/Chang'e 4)

[1]C. L. Li, R. Xu, G. Lv, L. Y. Yuan, Z. P. He, and J. Y. Wang, "Detection and calibration characteristics of the visible and near-infrared imaging spectrometer in the Chang'e-4," Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 90, no. 10, p. 103106, Oct. 2019, doi: 10.1063/1.5089737.

[1]C. Li et al., "The Scientific Information Model of Chang'e-4 Visible and Near-IR Imaging Spectrometer (VNIS) and In-Flight Verification," Sensors, vol. 19, no. 12, Art. no. 12, Jan. 2019, doi: 10.3390/s19122806.

[1]Z. He et al., "Visible and near-infrared imaging spectrometer (VNIS) for in-situ lunar surface measurements," in Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XIX, Oct. 2015, vol. 9639, p. 96391S, doi: 10.1117/12.2194526.

5.2 Other Open-Source Spectrometers

[1]"SpectralWorkbench." https://spectralworkbench.org/ (accessed Sep. 22, 2020).

[1]S. Isaak, Y. Yusof, N. H. Ngajikin, N. Ramli, and C. M. Wen, "A low cost spectroscopy with Raspberry Pi for soil macronutrient monitoring," TELKOMNIKA, vol. 17, no. 4, p. 1867, Aug. 2019, doi: 10.12928/telkomnika.v17i4.12775.

[1]J. Pearce, Open-source lab: how to build your own hardware and reduce research costs. Amsterdam ; Boston: Elsevier, 2014.

[1]K. Laganovska et al., "Portable low-cost open-source wireless spectrophotometer for fast and reliable measurements," HardwareX, vol. 7, p. e00108, Apr. 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.ohx.2020.e00108.

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