Desert RATS 2011: Human and robotic exploration of near-Earth asteroids

Abercromby, Andrew F. J.; Chappell, Steven P.; Gernhardt, Michael L.

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.05.002

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“…These analogs tend to be focused, at a high level, on science, science operations, or technology research and testing, or a combination of these topics (e.g. Dickinson and Rosen 2003;Sarrazin et al 2005; Cabrol et al 2007;Pollard et al 2009; Lim et al 2011;Abercromby et al 2013). Analog field settings are used to evaluate scientific instruments of particular relevance to future flight missions in a rugged field setting.…”

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“…These field tests have, for example, ranged from deserts to underwater settings (e.g. Cabrol et al 2007;Jasiobedzki et al 2012;Abercromby et al 2013), and have taken a variety of forms, from testing a single technology to examine its performance in a particular environment (e.g. Skelley et al 2007), to fully integrated rover tests utilizing a variety of different instruments (e.g.…”

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Planetary science and exploration in the deep subsurface: results from the MINAR Program, Boulby Mine, UK

Payler

Biddle

Coates

et al. 2016

International Journal of Astrobiology

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Abstract. The subsurface exploration of other planetary bodies can be used to unravel their geological history and assess their habitability. On Mars in particular, present-day habitable conditions may be restricted to the subsurface. Using a deep subsurface mine, we carried out a program of extraterrestrial analog research -MINAR (MINe Analog Research). MINAR aims to carry out the scientific study of the deep subsurface and test instrumentation designed for planetary surface exploration by investigating deep subsurface geology, whilst establishing the potential this technology has to be transferred into the mining industry. An integrated multi-instrument suite was used to investigate samples of representative evaporite minerals from a subsurface Permian evaporite sequence, in particular to assess mineral and elemental variations which provide small scale regions of enhanced habitability. The instruments used were the Panoramic Camera emulator (AUPE-2), Close-Up Imager (CLUPI), Raman Spectrometer, SPLIT (Small Planetary Linear Impulse Tool), Ultrasonic Drill and handheld XRD. We present science results from the analog research and show that these instruments can be used to investigate in situ the geological context and mineralogical variations of a deep subsurface environment, and thus habitability, from millimeter to meter scales. We also show that these instruments are complementary. For example, the identification of primary evaporite minerals such as NaCl and KCl, which are difficult to detect by portable Raman spectrometers, can be accomplished with XRD. By contrast, Raman is highly effective at locating and detecting mineral inclusions in primary evaporite minerals. MINAR demonstrates the effective use of a deep subsurface environment for planetary instrument development, understanding the habitability of extreme deep subsurface environments on Earth and other planetary bodies, and advancing the use of space technology in economic mining. IntroductionPlanetary analog research involves the investigation of terrestrial environments that are comparable to extraterrestrial environments. These analogs tend to be focused, at a high level, on science, science operations, or technology research and testing, or a combination of these topics (e.g. Dickinson and Rosen 2003;Sarrazin et al. 2005; Cabrol et al. 2007;Pollard et al. 2009; Lim et al. 2011;Abercromby et al. 2013). Analog field settings are used to evaluate scientific instruments of particular relevance to future flight missions in a rugged field setting. These field tests have, for example, ranged from deserts to underwater settings (e.g. Cabrol et al. 2007;Jasiobedzki et al. 2012;Abercromby et al. 2013), and have taken a variety of forms, from testing a single technology to examine its performance in a particular environment (e.g. Skelley et al. 2007), to fully integrated rover tests utilizing a variety of different instruments (e.g. Schenker et al. 2001).One environment that has received less attention for analog research, but which holds a great deal o...

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Planetary science and exploration in the deep subsurface: results from the MINAR Program, Boulby Mine, UK

Payler

Biddle

Coates

et al. 2016

International Journal of Astrobiology

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“…the spacecraft) to interact with Mission Control. Furthermore, the importance of the IV crewmember has already been emphasized as a critical operational component of future EVA operational concepts (Abercromby, Chappell, & Gernhardt, 2013). Designing a support system specifically for the IV crewmember has the potential to enable the crew to locally monitor life support systems and EVA timeline information as well as integrate that information with Mission Control input for anomaly response and resolution.…”

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Preliminary Work Domain Analysis For Human Extravehicular Activity

McGuire

Miller

Feigh

2015

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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“…Deployment of Assets: Multiple possibilities for deploying assets at the NEA have been investigated, and productivity of work assessed. We identify distinct possibilities as "conditions" 3 . Previous analog missions and analysis have narrowed the possibilities for maximum productivity of a crewed mission to two conditions (6 and 7).…”

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“…3 The EAMD was initiated in March 2009, and chartered to support:  Exploration Analogs by ensuring a rigorous approach and the use of consistent operational products, tools, methods and metrics across all NASA analog activities to enable iterative development, testing, analysis, and validation of evolving exploration ops concepts  Mission Development by providing detailed EVA and surface ops analysis and developing assembly, maintenance and science tasks for selected exploration architectures The two elements of EAMD's charter are closely related and allow detailed, informed, iterative development and refinement of exploration architectures, ops concepts, and technology development. This ensures that the required level of rigor and consistency is applied before, during and after analog field tests so that data collected is usable and relevant to NASA's exploration architecture development and technology development priorities.…”

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NASA's Analog Missions: Driving Exploration Through Innovative Testing

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Janoiko

Parker

et al. 2012

AIAA SPACE 2012 Conference &Amp; Exposition

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Human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO) will require a unique collection of advanced, innovative technologies and the precise execution of complex and challenging operational concepts. One tool we in the Analog Missions Project at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) utilize to validate exploration system architecture concepts and conduct technology demonstrations, while gaining a deeper understanding of system-wide technical and operational challenges, is our analog missions. Analog missions are multi-disciplinary activities that test multiple features of future spaceflight missions in an integrated fashion to gain a deeper understanding of system-level interactions and integrated operations. These missions frequently occur in remote and extreme environments that are representative in one or more ways to that of future spaceflight destinations. They allow us to test robotics, vehicle prototypes, habitats, communications systems, in-situ resource utilization, and human performance as it relates to these technologies. And they allow us to validate architectural concepts, conduct technology demonstrations, and gain a deeper understanding of system-wide technical and operational challenges needed to support crewed missions beyond LEO. As NASA develops a capability driven architecture for transporting crew to a variety of space environments, including the moon, near-Earth asteroids (

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Desert RATS 2011: Human and robotic exploration of near-Earth asteroids

Cited by 45 publications

References 9 publications

Planetary science and exploration in the deep subsurface: results from the MINAR Program, Boulby Mine, UK

Planetary science and exploration in the deep subsurface: results from the MINAR Program, Boulby Mine, UK

Preliminary Work Domain Analysis For Human Extravehicular Activity

NASA's Analog Missions: Driving Exploration Through Innovative Testing

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