Next-generation robotic planetary reconnaissance missions: A paradigm shift

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 53, Issue 14-15, 2005, Pages 1419-1426

  Fink, Wolfgang ^a   Dohm, James M ^b   Tarbell, Mark A ^a   Hare, Trent M ^c   Baker, Victor R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Mission redundancy and safety; Multi agents; Multi tier exploration; Robotic planetary exploration; Tier scalable mission autonomy

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; REDUNDANCY; ROBOTICS;

ASTROBIOLOGY; MISSION REDUNDANCY AND SAFETY; MULTI-AGENTS; MULTI-TIER EXPLORATION; ROBOTIC PLANETARY EXPLORATION; TIER-SCALABLE MISSION AUTONOMY;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 28844504246     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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