Selection of the landing sites for the Mars Exploration Rovers has involved over 2 years of research and analysis effort that has included the participation of broad sections of the planetary sciences community through a series of open landing site workshops. The effort has included the definition of the engineering constraints based on the landing system, mapping those engineering constraints into acceptable regions and prospective sites, the acquisition of new information from Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey orbiters, the evaluation of science and safety criteria for the sites, and the downselection and final site selection based on the sites science potential and safety. The final landing sites (Meridiani Planum and Gusev crater) were selected by NASA Headquarters on April 11, 2003, prior to launch in June. This paper presents engineering requirements, and potential landing sites for Mars Exploration Rovers.


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    Titel :

    Mars Exploration Rover Landing Site Selection


    Beteiligte:
    M Golombek (Autor:in) / J Grant (Autor:in) / T Parker (Autor:in) / D Kass (Autor:in) / J Crisp (Autor:in) / S Squyres (Autor:in) / M Adler (Autor:in) / A Haldemann (Autor:in) / M Carr (Autor:in) / R Arvidson (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Sixth International Conference on Mars ; 2003 ; Pasadena, CA, US



    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2003-07-25


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch






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