Lunar Vehicle Active Charge Control System (LVACCS) PICASSO Proposal Awarded

Linda Krause and Heidi Haviland (ST13) along with Jeff Apple, Miguel Rodriguez-Otero (ES11), Kurt Dietz (ES52), and Gary Thornton (ES21) contributed to the Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO) proposal LVACCS that was selected for funding. Omar Leon (University of Michigan) is the instrument suite PI. Electric charge accumulates on the lunar rovers and landers from ambient plasma, ionizing radiation, suprathermal charged particles, dust, and surface regolith.