Lunar Prospecting: Searching for Volatiles at the South Pole
The Resource Prospector is an in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) technology demonstration mission, planned for a 2021 launch to search for and analyze volatiles at the Lunar South Pole. The mission poses unique operational challenges. Operating at the Lunar South Pole requires navigating a surface...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:20160006386 2023-05-15T18:21:46+02:00 Lunar Prospecting: Searching for Volatiles at the South Pole Trimble, Jay Carvalho, Robert Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available May 16, 2016 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20160006386 unknown Document ID: 20160006386 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20160006386 No Copyright CASI Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration ARC-E-DAA-TN31008 International Conference on Space Operations (SpaceOps 2016); 16-20 May 2016; Daejeon; Korea, Republic of 2016 ftnasantrs 2019-07-20T23:52:42Z The Resource Prospector is an in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) technology demonstration mission, planned for a 2021 launch to search for and analyze volatiles at the Lunar South Pole. The mission poses unique operational challenges. Operating at the Lunar South Pole requires navigating a surface with lighting, shadow and regolith characteristics unlike those of previous missions. The short round trip communications time enables reactive surface operations for science and engineering. Navigation of permanently shadowed regions with a solar powered rover creates risks, including power and thermal management, and requires constant real time decision making for safe entry, path selection and egress. The mission plan requires a faster rover egress from the lander than any previous NASA rover mission. Other/Unknown Material South pole NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) South Pole |
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The Resource Prospector is an in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) technology demonstration mission, planned for a 2021 launch to search for and analyze volatiles at the Lunar South Pole. The mission poses unique operational challenges. Operating at the Lunar South Pole requires navigating a surface with lighting, shadow and regolith characteristics unlike those of previous missions. The short round trip communications time enables reactive surface operations for science and engineering. Navigation of permanently shadowed regions with a solar powered rover creates risks, including power and thermal management, and requires constant real time decision making for safe entry, path selection and egress. The mission plan requires a faster rover egress from the lander than any previous NASA rover mission. |
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