Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance Missions For The Autonomous Exploration Of Planetary Bodies

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Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance Missions For The Autonomous Exploration Of Planetary Bodies

Fink, Wolfgang / Dohm, James M. / Tarbell, Mark A. / Hare, Trent M. / Baker, Victor R. / Schulze-Makuch, Dirk / Furfaro, Roberto / Fairen, Alberto G. / Ferre, Ty P.A. / Miyamoto, Hideaki / ... [more]

Abstract

A fundamentally new (scientific) reconnaissance mission concept, termed tier-scalable reconnaissance, for remote planetary (including Earth) atmospheric, surface and subsurface exploration recently has been devised [1-5] that soon will replace the engineering and safety constrained mission designs of the past, allowing for optimal acquisition of geologic, paleohydrologic, paleoclimatic, and possible astrobiologic information of Venus, Mars, Europa, Ganymede, Titan, Enceladus, Triton, and other extraterrestrial targets [6, 7]. This paradigm is equally applicable to potentially hazardous or inaccessible operational areas on Earth such as those related to military or terrorist activities, or areas that have been exposed to biochmical agents, radiation, or natural disasters. Traditional missions have performed local, ground-level reconnaissance through rovers and immobile landers, or global mapping performed by an orbiter. The former is safety and engineering constrained, affording limited detailed reconnaissance of a single site at the expense of a regional understanding, while the latter returns immense datasets, often overlooking detailed information of local and regional significance.

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Title :

Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance Missions For The Autonomous Exploration Of Planetary Bodies

Contributors:

Fink, Wolfgang (author) / Dohm, James M. (author) / Tarbell, Mark A. (author) / Hare, Trent M. (author) / Baker, Victor R. (author) / Schulze-Makuch, Dirk (author) / Furfaro, Roberto (author) / Fairen, Alberto G. (author) / Ferre, Ty P.A. (author) / Miyamoto, Hideaki (author)

Published in:

2007 IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 1-10

Publication date :

2007-03-01

Size :

1269042 byte

ISBN :

1-4244-0524-6 , 1-4244-0525-4

ISSN :

1095-323X

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2007.352715