A Scientific Rationale for Mobility in Planetary Environments (1999) / Chapter Skim
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4 Conclusions and Recommendations
4 Conclusions and Recommendations
Pages 53-56
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Technology development funds are likely to be scarce and so should be allocated only after a vigorous peer review of the proposed mobility device's technical feasibility and the scientific applications for which it will be used. As the Space Studies Board has previously recommended, technology development activities should be undertaken by the best-qualified individuals and teams within NASA, industry, and academia, as determined by peer review.2 With some exceptions, the current technical development efforts are appropriate and well focused.
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Low, little or no mobility required; medium, robotic arms or other types of sample collection devices needed; high, mobile platform equipped with sophisticated instrumentation required. the main thrusts of technical development, especially of rovers, are directed at reducing their size and increasing their autonomy.
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Proposals to conduct field tests should be peer reviewed in advance, and the test results should be promptly published in peerreviewed journals. In addition, several more-specific recommendations derive from the six case studies: · Data downlink rates must be significantly increased, perhaps through the use of new technologies, such as the ongoing efforts to upgrade the Deep Space Network to operate in the Ka band or an eventual transition to optical communications.
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Likewise, an aircraft or balloon mission designed to measure important atmospheric parameters at various altitudes can also collect surface spectral data important to geologists, geochemists, and exobiologists. Obviously, not all missions will satisfy all persons, but it seems clear that differences in mobile platform type and design are linked more to the target of the mission than to the interests of the scientists involved.
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