Active Seismic Experiment
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Active Seismic Experiment
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Active Seismic Experiment (ASE) was carried on Apollo 14 and Apollo 16 as part of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP). ASE used a thumper device and a mortar with explosive charges to explore subsurface lunar structure and elastic properties. The experiment's principal investigator was Robert Kovach of Stanford University. The experiment was succeeded on Apollo 17 by the Lunar Seismic Profiling experiment.
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Geophysical experiment carried out at the Moon surface by Apollo missions
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Seismic_Experiment
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2024-04-02T11:56:53Z
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