This paper describes a scaling analysis of ATHLETE for exploration of the moon, Mars and Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) in comparison to a more conventional vehicle configuration. Recently, the focus of human exploration beyond LEO has been on NEAs. A low gravity testbed has been constructed in the ATHLETE lab, with six computer-controlled winches able to lift ATHLETE and payloads so as to simulate the motion of the system in the vicinity of a NEA or to simulate ATHLETE on extreme terrain in lunar or Mars gravity. Test results from this system are described.


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    Title :

    ATHLETE: Trading Complexity for Mass in Roving Vehicles


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    2013 IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 2013 ; Big Sky, MT, United States


    Publication date :

    2013-03-02


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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