Conference paper
Design, construction and operations plan for the marsupial rover
2nd Australian Mars Exploration Conference (AMEC) 2002 (University of Sydney, Sydney, 12/07/2002–14/07/2002)
2002
Abstract
An essential component of any currently-conceived human Mars mission is a pressurised, automated vehicle capable of safely and comfortably carrying a small crew of explorers distances of tens to hundreds of kilometres from the landing site. The design of such a sophisticated vehicle presents many technical questions and challenges. As a practical contribution to the needed design effort, Project Marsupial aims to make available to the MSA a practical, affordable, 4WD off-road vehicle which can be used for simulating exploratory sorties and for raising public awareness of the value of a Mars mission. Basic issues, design parameters and ideas for the Marsupial Rover - currently under construction in Western Australia - are described. A three-stage construction plan is then sketched out. Finally, a series of eight surface simulation operations for the vehicle are proposed.
Details
- Title
- Design, construction and operations plan for the marsupial rover
- Authors/Creators
- G. Mann (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- 2nd Australian Mars Exploration Conference (AMEC) 2002 (University of Sydney, Sydney, 12/07/2002–14/07/2002)
- Identifiers
- 991005543118707891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
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