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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970988503321

Titolo

Scientific rationale for mobility in planetary environments / / Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, Space Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999

ISBN

9786612083723

9780309173254

0309173256

9781282083721

1282083724

9780309518079

0309518075

9780585068589

0585068585

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (68 p.)

Collana

The compass series

Disciplina

629.2/95

Soggetti

Roving vehicles (Astronautics)

Planets - Exploration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front  Matter -- Preface -- Foreword -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Role of Mobility in Solar System Exploration -- 3 Technological Capabilities -- 4 Conclusions and Recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

For the last several decades, the Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX) has advocated a systematic approach to exploration of the solar system; that is, the information and understanding resulting from one mission provide the scientific foundations that motivate subsequent, more elaborate investigations. COMPLEX's 1994 report, An Integrated Strategy for the Planetary Sciences: 1995-2010,1 advocated an approach to planetary studies



emphasizing "hypothesizing and comprehending" rather than "cataloging and categorizing." More recently, NASA reports, including The Space Science Enterprise Strategic Plan2 and, in particular, Mission to the Solar System: Exploration and Discovery-A Mission and Technology Roadmap,3 have outlined comprehensive plans for planetary exploration during the next several decades. The missions outlined in these plans are both generally consistent with the priorities outlined in the Integrated Strategy and other NRC reports,4,5 and are replete with examples of devices embodying some degree of mobility in the form of rovers, robotic arms, and the like. Because the change in focus of planetary studies called for in the Integrated Strategy appears to require an evolutionary change in the technical means by which solar system exploration missions are conducted, the Space Studies Board charged COMPLEX to review the science that can be uniquely addressed by mobility in planetary environments.