Teacher Resources
Koppeschaar, Carl, Moon Handbook, A 21st Century Travel Guide, Moon Publications Inc., 1995, Chico Calif
(This handbook is a history of the moon with information on mythology, tours of the near side of the Moon including craters, seas, mountains, and valleys)
NASA NEWS Release: H98-38 "Lunar Prospector Finds Evidence of Ice at Moon's Poles," (March 5, 1998)
(This news release provides the latest information from NASA on the evidence of ice on the moon's poles.)
Spudis, Paul D., The Once and Future Moon, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., l996
(A well-organized primer of current knowledge and future prospects it presents an excellent summary of the moon's origin as well as the Apollo missions)
"Lunar Prospector Finds Evidence of Ice at Moon's Poles" NASA NEWS Release
1) Stability of polar frosts in spherical bowl-shaped craters on the Moon, Mercury, and Mars, Ingersoll et al., Icarus, v. 100, p. 40, 1992
2) The behavior of volatiles on the lunar surface, Watson et al., Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 66, p. 3033, 1961
3) Ice in the lunar polar regions, Arnold, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 84, p. 5659, 1979
4) The Clementine bistatic radar experiment, Nozette et al., Science, v. 274, p. 1495, 1996
NASA Press Release (5 March 1998)
Dr. David R. Williams, Williamnssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov, (301) 286-1258
NSSDC, Mail Code 633, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
NASA Official: J. H. King, kingnssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
Last Updated: 19 March 1998, DRW