DEVELOP Scholars are now endeavoring to utilize Geographic Information Science to map a number of specific features relating to the Moon. Student learning involves reviewing the image data from three spacecraft, reading and reviewing peer-reviewed lunar exploration articles, and attending a number of lunar focused conferences in North America.

The project design is aimed to supplement the vision of a human return to the moon in the second decade of the 21st Century. Student scholars are focused on terrain modeling for infrastructure, habitat, and resource exploration.

The DEVELOP Lunar GIS Team plan to do a number of presentations in 2006 using the image data to illustrate possible lunar exploration and exploitation that various space agencies may undertake in the years ahead.

Student scholars with various academic backgrounds are participating. The Student Project Manager is Jennifer Maggard. She may be contacted at (276) 328.6111.

Mentoring the project are: Dr. Aaron Johnson, The University of Virginia's College at Wise as the science advisor. Jack Kennedy is the project management advisor for scheduling, cost, and student scholar outreach. Each student scholar will gain academic credit in GIS and lunar geology in 2005 and 2006.

NASA World Wind version 1.3.3 (October 2005) now has the ability to browse Clementine moon data with full 3D terrain. Visit the URL listed below to view the Clementine data. http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/moon.html