Assessing the Acceptability of Science Operations Concepts and the Level of Mission Enhancement of Capabilities for Human Mars Exploration Extravehicular Activity.

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Author	Beaton, K.H. Chappell, S.P. Abercromby, A.F.J. Miller, M.J. Kobs Nawotniak, S.E. Brady, A.L. Stevens, A.H. Payler, S.J. Hughes, S.S. Lim, D.S.S.
Copyright Year	2019
Abstract	AbstractThe Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains (BASALT) research project is investigating tools, techniques, and strategies for conducting Mars scientific exploration extravehicular activity (EVA). This has been accomplished through three science-driven terrestrial field tests (BASALT-1, BASALT-2, and BASALT-3) during which the iterative development, testing, assessment, and refinement of concepts of operations (ConOps) and capabilities were conducted. ConOps are the instantiation of operational design elements that guide the organization and flow of personnel, communication, hardware, software, and data products to enable a mission concept. Capabilities include the hardware, software, data products, and protocols that comprise and enable the ConOps. This paper describes the simulation quality and acceptability of the Mars-forward ConOps evaluated during BASALT-2. It also presents the level of mission enhancement and acceptability of the associated Mars-forward capabilities. Together, these results inform science operations for human planetary exploration.
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Page Count	26
ISSN	15311074
Journal	Astrobiology
Volume Number	19
DOI	10.1089/ast.2018.1912
PubMed Central reference number	PMC6442237
Issue Number	3
PubMed reference number	30840507
e-ISSN	15578070
Language	English
Publisher	Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers
Publisher Date	2019-03-01
Publisher Place	140 Huguenot Street, 3rd FloorNew Rochelle, NY 10801USA
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. © K.H. Beaton et al., 2019; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Subject Keyword	Extravehicular activity Planetary analogs Operations concepts Science operations Human spaceflight Communication latency and bandwidth
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Agricultural and Biological Sciences Space and Planetary Science