Assessing Gale Crater as a Landing Site for the First Human Mission to Mars
Abstract
We've assessed Gale crater's potential as the first human landing site. Besides being a well-characterized and benign landing site for EDL, it contains many science ROIs and identifiable ISRU ROIs meeting most if not all requirements proposed.
- Publication:
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First Landing Site/Exploration Zone Workshop for Human Missions to the Surface of Mars
- Pub Date:
- October 2015
- Bibcode:
- 2015LPICo1879.1020C