1. Follow Me to the Moon
Cathy Peddie
Deputy Project Manager
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Project

2. NASA’s Vision For Space Exploration
LRO’s Role
Robotic Lunar Exploration Program
Jan. 14 2004 – The President announced a new
vision for space exploration that included among
its goals “… to return to the moon by 2020, as the
launching point for missions beyond. Beginning
no later than 2008, we will send a series of robotic
missions to the lunar surface to research and
prepare for future human exploration.”
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3. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mission Objectives
Locate Potential Resources Safe Landing Sites Space Environment
Hydrogen/water at the lunar poles High resolution imagery Energetic particles
Continuous solar energy Global geodetic grid Neutrons
Mineralogy Topography
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Rock abundances

4. LRO Follows in the Footsteps of
the Apollo Robotic Precursors
• Apollo had three (Ranger, Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor) robotic exploration programs with 21
precursor missions from 1961-68
1. Lunar Orbiters provided medium & high resolution imagery (1-2m resolution) which was
acquired to support selection of Apollo and Surveyor landing sites.
2. Surveyor Landers made environmental measurements including surface physical
characteristics.
3. Ranger hard landers took the first close-up photos of the lunar surface
• Exploration needs the above information to go to new sites and resource data to enable
sustainable exploration.
Lunar Orbiter ETU in Smithsonian Air & Space
Museum, Washington DC
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5. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is NASA’s first
step in returning humans to the moon.
LRO focuses on the selection of safe
landing sites, identification of lunar
resources, and studies how the lunar
radiation environment will affect humans.
LRO will create the comprehensive atlas
of the moon’s features and resources
necessary to design and build the lunar
outpost.
The LRO mission will not only
enable future exploration but also
return lunar data that will significantly
advance lunar and planetary science.
The LRO payload, comprised of six instruments
and one technology demonstration, will provide the
most comprehensive data set ever returned from
the moon..
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6. Lunar Rover, Schmidt, Big Boulder
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7. LRO Mission Overview
• Launch in early 2009 on a Atlas V into
a direct insertion trajectory to the
moon. Co-manifested with LCROSS
lunar impacter mission.
• On-board propulsion system used to
capture at the moon, insert into and
maintain 50 km mean altitude circular
polar reconnaissance orbit.
• 1 year mission with extended mission
options.
• Orbiter is a 3-axis stabilized, nadir
pointed spacecraft designed to
operate continuously during the
primary mission.
• Investigation data products delivered
to Planetary Data Systems (PDS)
within 6 months of primary mission
completion.
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8. LRO Enables Global Lunar Surface Access
North Pole
+
Near Side Far Side
LRO Global Topography, Imagery and
17 Resource Maps
Central Farside
21 Highlands
13 +Aristarchus Plateau 3
+
15 17
+Rima Bode Mare Tranquillitatis 24
9 + 20 Mare Smythii
1 3
6
5 11 16 +
Oceanus
Procellarum
+ 12
14
16 Apollo 15-17 Panoramic Camera
(unregistered) Orientale Basin
Floor +
7
Luna
Surveyor South Pole-Aitken Basin
Floor
Apollo LRO 1m Landing +
Site Images
+ “Top 10” Exploration Sites
+
South Pole
Current Apollo heritage image set only LRO extends coverage to entire Moon Most other high priority sites identified lie
Covers 4 of 10 ESAS sites. outside Apollo heritage area
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9. LRO-LCROSS Launch Segment
• Launch Services Provided by KSC
• Atlas V 401 through NLS Contract
• 2000 kg/C3 ~-2.0; Sun Exclusion
thru Ascent
• 4m fairing; H/K data thru EELV I/F
• Co-manifested with LCROSS lunar
mission
LRO
• Launch Site Processing at Astrotech
including Fueling & Control Center
LCROSS
4.00 m
2.25 m
Stack CG
Height
Boattail
Access Doors
(4)
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CEM

10. LRO Mission Overview
Launch: April 2009
Lunar Orbit Insertion Polar Mapping Phase,
Sequence, 4-6 Days 50 km Altitude Circular Orbit,
At least 1 Year
Commissioning Phase,
Minimum Energy 30 x 216 km Altitude
Lunar Transfer ~ 4 Days Quasi-Frozen Orbit,
Up to 60 Days
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11. LRO Spacecraft
LRO Orbiter Characteristics
Mass (CBE) 1845 kg Dry: 924 kg, Fuel: 898 kg (1263 m/sec)
Orbit Average Bus Power 681 W
Data Volume, Max Downlink rate 461 Gb/day, 100Mb/sec
Pointing Accuracy, Knowledge 60, 30 arc-sec
Spacecraft Bus
Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects
of Radiation (CRaTER)
High Gain Antenna
System
Solar Array (Deployed)
Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector Mini-RF Technology
(LEND)
Demonstration
Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment (DLRE)
Instrument Module
(LOLA, LROC, LAMP)
ACS Thruster Module (1 of 4) LEND Neutron Instrument
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12. LRO Spacecraft (Launch Config)
OMNI
ANTENNA
CSS
STAR
TRACKERS (2)
SAS
RELEASE (4)
X
Y
-Z
ACS
THRUSTERS
SAS HGAS
GIMBAL
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13. LRO in GSFC Building 7/10 Clean Room
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14. Instrument Overview
LOLA: Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter LROC/WAC: Wide‐Angle Camera LROC/NACs: Narrow‐Angle Cameras
‐ Topography ‐ Global Imagery ‐ Targeted Imagery
‐ Slopes ‐ Lighting ‐ Hazards
‐ Roughness ‐ Resources ‐ Topography
Autonomous Day Side Day Side
Autonomous Timeline Driven
LR: Laser Ranging DLRE: Diviner Lunar Radiometer Exp. Mini‐RF: Synthetic Aperture Radar
‐ Topography ‐ Temperature ‐ Tech Demonstration
‐ Gravity ‐ Lighting ‐ Resources
‐ Hazards ‐ Topography
‐ Resources
GSFC LOS Full Orbit Polar Regions
Autonomous Autonomous Timeline Driven
CRaTER: Cosmic Ray Telescope… LEND: Lunar Explr. Neutron Detector LAMP: Lyman‐Alpha Mapping Project
‐ Radiation Spectra ‐ Neutron Albedo ‐ Water‐Frost
‐ Tissue Effects ‐ Hydrogen Maps ‐ PSR Maps
Full Orbit Full Orbit Night Side
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15. Data Products
Topography Lighting Hazards
Gravity Temperature Resources
Radiation Neutrons Water-Frost
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16. LRO Instrument Photos
LROC CRaTER LOLA
Diviner
LEND LAMP Mini-RF Flight Antenna
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17. LRO instrument installation
CRaTER
DLRE
LOLA
LAMP
LEND
LROC NAC Installation
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18. What One-Meter Resolution looks like
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19. LRO Ground System Accomplishments
S Band Tracking & Telemetry
Stations
Ka-S Band Antenna
At White Sands Mission Operations Center
at NASA GSFC
SOUTH POINT, HAWAII
DONGARA, AUSTRALIA
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WEILHEIM,
GERMANY

20. Laser Ranging Station (Springfield Rd)
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21. VIP visits and tours
George Takei (aka Star Trek’s Mr. Sulu) visits LRO
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22. Neil Armstrong and Me
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23. VIP visits and tours
Bruce Springsteen’s
Thrill Hill Gang
(Road Crew)
Glenn Phillips
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24. VIP visits and tours
Greg Redfern
of Sky &
Telescope
photoshoot
Discovery
Channel
photoshoot
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WJZ’s Vic Carter and Laurie

25. VIP visits and tours
Tour for Norm Mineta Tour for the British Embassy Staff
Tour for
Tom
Hemingway
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Mineralogy Mapper (M3) Team

26. LRO inscription on a Flight Reaction
Wheel in honor of our team member
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27. Send Your Name to the Moon on LRO
1,576,467 names will be onboard
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28. Earth Rise, December 1968
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29. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

30. Help!
Traditionally in NASA projects, deputies are often added once
“go ahead” has been given and/or the Project Manager
“screams” for help!!
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31. Deputy “how to” Guide
• Establish expectations
– What do you want from me?
– What I want from you
• Roles and responsibilities
– How are we going to work together
– Lines of authority
– Good cop/Bad Cop
– External (up & out)/internal (down & in)
• Calibrate the situation
– Styles
– Skill mix
– Strengths/weaknesses
– Team environment
• Work towards the “best” for both (and project)
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32. Deputies wear many hats
• Hot Back-up/Stand in
• Technical Lead
• Business Lead
• Owner of Project processes
• Complaints department
• Coach
• Trainer
• Mentor
• Counselor
• Lead Pooper Scooper
• “other duties as assigned”
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33. Advantages to having a Deputy
Sharing the work load
Sharing the burden
2nd opinion, alternate viewpoint
Sounding board
Additional set of skills
Complementary skills
Validation of prime’s judgement
“you are not alone”
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34. Potential Pitfalls
Confusion on who’s in charge
Lines of Authority and Responsibility
Must be clearly understood by all
Must be worked out and
orchestrated
Must be supported
Disconnected Leadership
Vulcan mind meld or…
Need effective communication &
coordination
Marginalization
Underutilization of a key resource
To truly have a back-up, shared
knowledge base is key
Too many cooks
Roles & Responsibilities must be
clearly defined
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35. LRO’s PM and DPM
o Project Manager & Deputy are
truly partners
o Complementary skill set
o Strengths & “non-strengths”
are fully covered
o Relationship evolution
o Adapted throughout project’s
life cycles
o Continuous “working it’
o Flexibility, Process of Discovery
o Supportive of one another
o Loyalty
o Passion for the LRO Project
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36. For More on LRO
Website:
http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Facebook (LRO has 740 friends):
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1349462143&ref=profile
Twitter (LRO has 1306 followers):
http://twitter.com/LRO_NASA
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