{"id":5868,"date":"2024-09-18T14:46:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T14:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/?page_id=5868"},"modified":"2025-11-03T19:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:00:36","slug":"objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid mb-0 bg-inverse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background: url('https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/09\/Empty-Space-and-Stars-BG-notBlue.jpg') no-repeat fixed top left;background-size:cover;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"font-size:1.25rem; text-align: justify\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"heading-underline h2\">What will Lunar-VISE do?<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card card-primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"margin-top:40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-block\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4 class=\"text-md-center\">Lunar-VISE\u2019s main science goal is to better understand how silica-rich volcanic features like the Gruithuisen Domes formed on the Moon.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Earth, silicic volcanoes are formed when silica-rich magma melts and rises through the Earth&#8217;s crust and erupts onto the surface.\u00a0 This melting of magma is often triggered by plate tectonics and water, specifically a tectonic plate sliding (or subducting) beneath another tectonic plate.\u00a0 However, the Moon lacks plate tectonics and vast amounts of water, leaving scientists puzzled about how features like the Gruithuisen Domes formed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row text-secondary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"text-align: center; justify-content: space-evenly\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card transparent\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"padding-bottom: 10px; background-color: #292829; color: white; width: 450px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/11\/chang-e-3_pyramid-rock_gradient-no_legend-cited.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3319 noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" style=\"height: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/11\/chang-e-3_pyramid-rock_gradient-no_legend-cited.png\" alt=\"Visible &amp; Infrared images of the same area\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-block\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-title h4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"text-decoration: underline\">\n\t\t\t\t Science Objective 1 \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-text\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t Map local variations in composition, and correlate to rock and regolith properties, surface features, and dome morphology. \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card transparent\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"padding-bottom: 10px; background-color: #292829; color: white; width: 450px\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/11\/Thermal-Inertia-Map-of-the-Gruithuisen-Region_cited.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3319 noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" style=\"height: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/12\/Thermal-Inertia-Map-of-the-Gruithuisen-Region_cited_dark.png\" alt=\"Infrared map showing thermal inertia of regolith\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-block\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-title h4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"text-decoration: underline\">\n\t\t\t\t Science Objective 2 \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-text\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t Provide context for orbital measurements of composition and thermophysical properties. \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spacecraft observations suggest the Gruithuisen Domes are unique compared to their surrounding geologic terrain in that they seem to be enriched in silicon (Si) and thorium (Th) but depleted in iron (Fe). Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the formation of lunar silicic volcanic features like the Gruithuisen Domes, but additional data is needed to test these hypotheses.<\/p>\n<p>The more we know about the types of rocks and regolith &#8211; lunar dirt &#8211; making up the Gruithuisen Domes, the more clues we have to solve how silicic volcanism works on the Moon as a whole. From there, we can take what we learn at the Gruithuisen Domes and what we know from previous observations of this and other silicic volcanic spots to reconstruct the history of lunar volcanism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card card-primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-block\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4 class=\"text-md-center\">Lunar-VISE aims to shape future missions by studying the geotechnical properties of the lunar regolith on the Gruithuisen Domes.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: flex; align-content: center; justify-content: space-between; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card transparent\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"padding: 30px; background-color: #292829; text-align: center; width: 500px; height: 250px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-block align-middle\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-title h4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"text-decoration: underline\">\n\t\t\t\t Exploration Objective \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-text\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t Examine how the properties of lunar regolith vary across the surface of the Gruithuisen Gamma Dome. \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card card-outline-i-info border-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"text-align: justify; width: 500px; margin-right:10px\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/03\/Gruithuisen-Domes-Yutu-Lander-and-Rover-Tracks.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3319 noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3319 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/03\/Gruithuisen-Domes-Yutu-Lander-and-Rover-Tracks-1024x510.jpg\" alt=\"Gruithuisen domes with marked areas for yutu, lander and rover tracks.\" width=\"500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over a 10 Earth-day period, the multi-instrument payload will gather data on the rocks and regolith making up the Gruithuisen Gamma dome, in particular how the regolith responds to the lander and its engine gas plumes during landing, and to the rover as it is driving around the dome.<\/p>\n<p>The information gathered by Lunar-VISE from the lunar surface will expand our understanding of lunar regolith properties and how we develop tools and techniques for future human and robotic exploration.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullscreen.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5868","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5868"}],"version-history":[{"count":87,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7753,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5868\/revisions\/7753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}