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The real-time control of planetary rovers through behavior modification [PDF]

It is not yet clear of what type, and how much, intelligence is needed for a planetary rover to function semi-autonomously on a planetary surface.
Miller, David P.
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Thermal Interaction of Mobile Ground Systems with Boulders on the Lunar Surface

Engineering Proceedings
The paper at hand evaluates the necessity of depicting topographic features like boulders on the lunar environment in thermal analyses for a size of up to 6.5 m in diameter.
Joel Guetzlaff, Philipp Reiss, Markus Czupalla   +2 more
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Inhalation Toxicity of Ground Lunar Dust Prepared from Apollo-14 Soil [PDF]

Within the decade one or more space-faring nations intend to return humans to the moon for more in depth exploration of the lunar surface and subsurface than was conducted during the Apollo days.
Cooper, Bonnie L., James, John T., Lam, Chiu-wing, Scully, Robert R.   +3 more
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Nuclear power systems for lunar and Mars exploration [PDF]

Initial studies of a variety of mission scenarios for the new Space Exploration Initiative, and the technologies necessary to enable or significantly enhance them, have identified the development of advanced space power systems whether solar, chemical or
Bozek, J. M., Sovie, R. J.
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Manned Mars mission surface transportation elements [PDF]

The necessity and advantage of surface transportation was well demonstrated by the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions. Baseline surface transportation elements for further studies are Lunar Rover, Elastic Loop Mobility System, Mobile Laboratory, Airplane ...
Mcdaniel, S. Gregg, Mulqueen, Jack
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AMARIS: A CubeSat Based Lunar Rover

, 2020
Mission is to evaluate electric and magnetic field strategies for mitigating dust accumulation on solar panels on the lunar surface.
Dooner, Caeden, Ouyang, Theodore, Lupyan, Julian, Bernhard, Bianca, Elhoushy, Samer, Kiesling, Paul, Kimler, Beau, Mohanty, Maya, Mohanty, Mili, Nussbaum, Rachel, Pyle, Katie, Quinn, Colin, Strauss, Finley, Strauss, Landon, Welch, Owen, Christenson, Shawna, Simmons, Kevin   +16 more
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Capabilities Development: From International Space Station and the Moon to Mars [PDF]

The President of the United States, in signing Space Policy Directive-1, directed the NASA Administrator to lead an innovative and sustainable program of exploration with commercial and international partners to enable human expansion across the solar ...
Boggs, Kathleen Gallagher, Elburn, Darcy, Goodliff, Kandyce   +2 more
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Thermoelectric generators for long duration lunar missions [PDF]

, 2019
The number of lunar missions involving the deployment of probes, rovers and other equipment is expected to raise significantly. Some of these missions will face the challenge to survive the night on the Moon, with very low temperatures on the surface ...
González Cinca, Ricardo, Serra, Pol
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Lunar Rover Motion Planning and Commands

, 2013
Space exploration is moving forward and one of the topics currently being researched is mining. The objective of this thesis is to design and develop software for the auton- omous navigation of a wheeled rover that is being built for NASA’s Lunabotics Mining Competition.
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Feasibility study of a cold gas-propelled autonomous surveying vehicle for lunar environments

Frontiers in Space Technologies
With impending plans for establishing the first long-term lunar base camp, there is a need to find sustainable habitation sites on the Moon. Discovered in 2009, lunar lava tubes have shown potential for base sites and have been proposed for devoted ...
Nikita Jagdish, Brian C. Gunter
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