The Use of Field Portable Instrumentation in Planetary Surface Exploration - Development, Testing, and Implementation Strategies
Abstract
While the six Apollo lunar surface missions were incredibly successful in advancing the state of knowledge about the the history of the Moon, the decades of technological advancements since Apollo mean that more work is needed to evaluate the instrumentation and concept of operations for future lunar and planetary surface exploration. This abstract will explore advancements in field portable instrumentation, the uses of this instrumentation in both terrestrial and planetary field science, and some of the analog field tests in which these instruments are tested and developed. Technologies such as field portable geochemistry, mineralogy, and geophysics will be discussed, as well as initial suggestions on how these technologies might be combined and further developed to maximize operational efficiency. Additionally, results from two NASA analog projects testing the deployment of field portable instruments will be shown. The RISE2 SSERVI team (Remote, In Situ and Synchrotron Studies for Science and Exploration Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute), led out of Stony Brook University, has spent the last five years evaluating the impact of incorporating field instruments on an EVA (extravehicular timeline). New work focuses on the informatics and data management strategies for managing these instrument datasets. The NASA NEEMO (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations) 22 and 23 missions recently investigated new concepts for deploying field instruments, and evaluated how we might design EVA tools, techniques, technologies, and training to facilitate the use of these new technologies during future exploration.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019AGUFMEP24A..03Y
- Keywords:
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- 1825 Geomorphology: fluvial;
- HYDROLOGY;
- 1826 Geomorphology: hillslope;
- HYDROLOGY;
- 5415 Erosion and weathering;
- PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS;
- 5419 Hydrology and fluvial processes;
- PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS