Strategic Planning Insights for Future Science-Driven Extravehicular Activity on Mars
Autor: | Shannon E. Kobs Nawotniak, Greg F. Slater, Allyson L. Brady, Scott S. Hughes, Richard C. Elphic, Darlene S. S. Lim, Christopher W. Haberle, Adam R. H. Stevens, Charles S. Cockell, Samuel J. Payler, Alexander Sehlke |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Engineering
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Habitability Mars Terrain 01 natural sciences Field (computer science) Exobiology 0103 physical sciences Planetary science Science traceability matrix 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Research Articles Selection (genetic algorithm) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Traceability matrix Strategic planning business.industry Analog Mars Exploration Program Strategic Planning Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) Extravehicular activity Human exploration Space and Planetary Science Systems engineering Sample collection business Basalt Space Simulation Forecasting |
Zdroj: | Astrobiology |
ISSN: | 1557-8070 1531-1074 |
Popis: | Short-term and long-term science plans were developed as part of the strategic planning process used by the Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains (BASALT) science team to conduct two Mars-simulation missions investigating basalt habitability at terrestrial volcanic analog sites in 2016. A multidisciplinary team of scientists generated and codified a range of scientific hypotheses distilled into a Science Traceability Matrix (STM) that defined the set of objectives pursued in a series of extravehicular activity (EVA) campaigns performed across multiple field deployments. This STM was used to guide the pre-deployment selection of sampling stations within the selected Mars analog sites on the Earth based on precursor site information such as multispectral imagery. It also informed selection of hand-held instruments and observational data to collect during EVA to aid sample selection through latency-impacted interaction with an Earth-based Science Support Team. A significant portion of the pre-deployment strategic planning activities were devoted to station selection, ultimately the locations used for sample collection and EVA planning. During development of the EVAs, the BASALT science team identified lessons learned that could be used to inform future missions and analog activities, including the critical need for high-resolution precursor imagery that would enable the selection of stations that could meet the scientific objectives outlined in the STM. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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