Lunar Surface Scenarios: Habitation and Life Support Systems for a Pressurized Rover [PDF]
, 2006 Pressurized rovers will be a critical component of successful lunar exploration to enable safe investigation of sites distant from the outpost location. A pressurized rover is a complex system with the same functions as any other crewed vehicle.
Anderson, Molly +3 more
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Electrical power integration for lunar operations [PDF]
Electrical power for future lunar operations is expected to range from a few kilowatts for an early human outpost to many megawatts for industrial operations in the 21st century.
Woodcock, Gordon
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The Effects of Speed on the Running Performance of a Small Two-Wheeled Lunar Rover
AerospaceSmall wheeled lunar rovers tend to dig into surfaces via wheel rotation, causing them to slip and get stuck on regolith. Additionally, reducing power consumption remains a longstanding challenge. This study created a small two-wheeled rover and conducted
Kimitaka Watanabe +2 more
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Robot Mobility Systems for Planetary Surface Exploration – State-of-the-Art and Future Outlook: A Literature Survey [PDF]
, 2010 Hirzinger, Gerd +2 more
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An Extension of Analysis of Solar-Heated Thermal Wadis to Support Extended-Duration Lunar Exploration [PDF]
The realization of the renewed exploration of the Moon presents many technical challenges; among them is the survival of lunar surface assets during periods of darkness when the lunar environment is very cold.
Balasubramaniam, R. +4 more
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Prospectivity Modeling of the NASA VIPER Landing Site at Mons Mouton near the Lunar South Pole
The Planetary Science JournalWe use a high-resolution digital elevation model and a numerical thermal model to produce a variety of inputs for a water-ice prospectivity model for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) landing site.
Joshua Coyan +4 more
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The utility of unmanned probes in lunar exploration [PDF]
Utility of unmanned probes of Ranger or Surveyor class in Apollo exploration program - Lunar scientific ...
Adams, J. B., Nash, D. B., Speed, R. C.
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Crater Observing Bioinspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA)
Advanced Intelligent SystemsNASA aims to establish a sustainable human basecamp on the Moon as a stepping stone for future missions to Mars and beyond. The discovery of water ice on the Moon's craters located in permanently shadowed regions, which can provide drinking water, oxygen,
Adarsh Salagame +4 more
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System control of an autonomous planetary mobile spacecraft [PDF]
The goal is to suggest the scheduling and control functions necessary for accomplishing mission objectives of a fairly autonomous interplanetary mobile spacecraft, while maximizing reliability.
Dias, William C., Zimmerman, Barbara A.
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Computational needs survey of NASA automation and robotics missions. Volume 1: Survey and results [PDF]
NASA's operational use of advanced processor technology in space systems lags behind its commercial development by more than eight years. One of the factors contributing to this is that mission computing requirements are frequently unknown, unstated ...
Davis, Gloria J.
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