Dr. Paul Spudis
Planetary Scientist
Lunar and Planetary Institute
A planetary scientist who specializes in the Moon, Dr. Spudis is the principal investigator for the Mini-RF experiment, a radar imaging instrument designed and built in collaboration with the U.S. Navy and the Applied Physics Laboratory at John Hopkins University. Duplicate instruments, which will map the dark polar regions of the Moon, will be flown on India’s Chandrayaan-1 and on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter; both missions are scheduled for launch in 2008. In addition, Dr. Spudis is involved in architectural studies for future human and robotic lunar missions and conducts research on the origin and evolution of the Moon’s crust.
About LPI
The USRA Lunar and Planetary Institute (
LPI) is a center for lunar and planetary science, conducting research studies on the formation, evolution, and current state of the Moon, planets (including Earth), comets, asteroids, satellites, cosmic dust, and our solar system as a whole through analysis of data and samples obtained through NASA's long history of missions and exploration.
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