A variety of designs for Mars rover and lander science operations centers are discussed in this paper, beginning with a brief description of the Pathfinder science operations facility and its strengths and limitations. Particular attention is then paid to lessons learned in the design and use of operations facilities for a series of mission-like field tests of the FIDO prototype Mars rover. These lessons are then applied to a proposed science operations facilities design for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission. Issues discussed include equipment selection, facilities layout, collaborative interfaces, scalability, and dual-purpose environments. The paper concludes with a discussion of advanced concepts for future mission operations centers, including collaborative immersive interfaces and distributed operations. This paper's intended audience includes operations facility and situation room designers and the users of these environments.


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    Title :

    Mars mission science operations facilities design


    Contributors:
    Norris, J.S. (author) / Wales, R. (author) / Powell, M.W. (author) / Backes, P.G. (author) / Steinke, R.C. (author)


    Publication date :

    2002-01-01


    Size :

    1211229 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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