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Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance Missions For The Autonomous Exploration Of Planetary Bodies
Fink, W.
Dohm, J.M.
Tarbell, M.A.
Hare, T.M.
Baker, V.R.
Schulze-Makuch, D.
Furfaro, R.
Fairen, A.G.
Ferre, T.P.
Miyamoto, H.
Komatsu, G.
Mahaney, W.C.
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena;
This paper appears in: Aerospace Conference, 2007 IEEE
Publication Date: 3-10 March 2007
On page(s): 1-10
Location: Big Sky, MT,
ISSN: 1095-323X
ISBN: 1-4244-0525-4
INSPEC Accession Number: 9737054
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/AERO.2007.352715
Current Version Published: 2007-06-18
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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 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. 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 biochemical 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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