A new approach for the robotic exploration of Mars is detailed in this paper: the use of small, ultra-lightweight, autonomous rotary-wing aerial platforms. Missions based on robotic rotorcraft could make excellent candidates for NASA Mars Scout program. The paper details the work to date and future planning required for the development of such 'Mars rotorcraft.'.
Rotorcraft as Mars Scouts
2002
13 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aerodynamics , Astronautics , Unmanned Spacecraft , Vertical takeoff aircraft , Mars(Planet) , Symposia , Computational fluid dynamics , Ultralight aircraft , Planetary atmospheres , Landing craft , Drones , Mars scout missions , Mars rotorcraft technology , Vertical lift aerial vehicles , Coaxial helicopters , Aeromechanics , Marta(Martian autonomous rotorcraft test article) , Tams(Terrestrial-analog mars scouts)
IEEE | 2002
|NTIS | 2002
|NTRS | 2002
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British Library Conference Proceedings | 2002
|NTRS | 2001
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