Running gears for the Mars scientific exploration roving vehicles and the drilling equipment for the vehicles used to conduct underground exploration are studied. Review results on moving, driving, and running system for the vehicle are presented. For the driving system, comparison between conventional wheel system and crawler system are shown in a comprehensive table, and measures for failures are suggested. As for the development of the drilling equipment, the following items are presented: (1) methods of underground exploration; (2) methods of drilling (core boring and auger boring); (3) specifications for and the results of trial production of the experimental boring machine; (4) results of experimental boring machine operation on a simulated Mars surface; and (5) excavating capability of the experimental boring machine.
Kasei Idou Kagaku Tansa Sha to Kussaku Souchi (Mars Scientific Exploration Roving Vehicles and Drilling Equipment)
1991
22 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Extraterrestrial Exploration , Boring machines , Drilling , Mars surface samples , Roving vehicles , Space exploration , Landing modules , Mars (Planet) , Mars sample return missions , Sampling , Fail-safe systems , Geological surveys , Proving , Spacecraft design , Spacecraft equipment , Foreign technology
Kasei Tansa Misshon (Mars Exploration Missions)
NTIS | 1992
|Kasei Tansa Misshon (Mars Exploration Mission)
NTIS | 1991
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