Conducting lunar science with a robot on the Moon that is commanded in real-time from Earth by distributed workgroups for long durations is a specific activity that has been developed by many projects including NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission. VIPER’s nominal mission period for surface operations was set for 100 Earth days (four lunar days). VIPER’s science knowledge acquisition was set to focus on characterizing the distribution of water and volatiles across a range of thermal environments, within a traverse planned to optimize science return across up to 20 km. While VIPER’s status is the subject of discussion, there is research and analysis from the development and simulations phases that are of benefit to the lunar science community and future remote science operations projects. Discussed here are some findings on the process of integrating lunar science with mission system operations.
Lunar Science and Mission Systems Integration for Real-Time Long Duration Remote Robot Surface Operations
2024
1 pages
Report
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English
Real-time science operations to support a lunar polar volatiles rover mission
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