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The necessity for applying a potent analytical regolith geochemical grade estimator is driven by the reality of mineral exploration. This is because many exploration geologists rely upon the classical geostatistical method of Kriging which oftentimes do ...
Fareed Majeed +4 more
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Discoveries of the InSight seismic investigation on Mars' surface
The InSight mission is a great milestone in the history of Mars' seismic exploration after the Viking 2 lander. We first review the scientific goals of the InSight mission and its seismic observation experiment on Mars' surface.
Wanbo Xiao, Yanbin Wang
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Review of Key Technologies of Rotary-Wing Mars UAVs for Mars Exploration
The sparse atmosphere on the surface of Mars provides the necessary flight conditions for Mars unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to perform low-altitude flights.
Pengyue Zhao +5 more
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The guiding role of national demand in the first level discipline construction of planetary science
Since the beginning of the 21st century, deep space exploration has become an important national strategy. Five lunar exploration missions and the first Mars exploration mission have been successful.
Yong Wei
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A non-data-aided SNR estimator based on maximum likelihood method for communication between orbiters
Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is an important metric for performance assessment in numerous scenerios. In order to ensure the reliability and effectiveness of the system performance, plenty of situations require the information of SNR estimate. At the same
Zezhou Sun, Xin Gong, Fan Lu
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Geological evolution and habitable environment of Mars: Progress and prospects
Mars is the most similar planet to the Earth in the solar system. Due to its diverse aqueous history and the capability to preserve ancient life, Mars has been one of the major planets explored by deep space missions.
Yang Liu +3 more
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Space photography and the exploration of Mars [PDF]
A general exposition of the scientific potentialities and analytic framework of space photography is presented using the photography of Mars from flybys and orbiters as the principal example.
Davies, M. E., Murray, B. C.
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Seeking Habitable Environments in Our Solar System: Curiosity on Mars [PDF]
Exploring space is one of humankind’s great endeavors, leading to technological innovation and discoveries that have the potential to answer the most fundamental human questions such as: Are We Alone in the Universe? NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover landed on
Laurie Leshin,
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Mars climate engineering using orbiting solar reflectors [PDF]
The manned mission is seen as a first step towards a Mars surface exploration base-station and, later, establishing permanent settlement. The location and use of Mars's natural resources is vital to enable cost-effective long-duration human exploration ...
C. Sagan +17 more
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Earth – Mars Similarity Criteria for Martian Vehicles [PDF]
In order to select the most efficient kind of a martian exploring vehicle, the similarity criteria are deduced from the equilibrium movement in the terrestrial and martian conditions.
Octavian TRIFU, George SAVU
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