Constraints, Approach and Present Status for Selecting the Mars Surveyor 2001 Landing Site

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Jan 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999misp.conf...38g&link_type=abstract

Workshop on Mars 2001: Integrated Science in Preparation for Sample Return and Human Exploration, p. 38

Computer Science

Landing Sites, Mars Surveyor 2001 Mission, Site Selection, Mars Environment, Mars Surface, Mars (Planet), Remote Sensing, Spacecraft Design, Mars Missions

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There are many similarities between the Mars Surveyor '01 (MS '01) landing site selection process and that of Mars Pathfinder. The selection process includes two parallel activities in which engineers define and refine the capabilities of the spacecraft through design, testing and modeling and scientists define a set of landing site constraints based on the spacecraft design and landing scenario. As for Pathfinder, the safety of the site is without question the single most important factor, for the simple reason that failure to land safely yields no science and exposes the mission and program to considerable risk. The selection process must be thorough, defensible and capable of surviving multiple withering reviews similar to the Pathfinder decision. On Pathfinder, this was accomplished by attempting to understand the surface properties of sites using available remote sensing data sets and models based on them. Science objectives are factored into the selection process only after the safety of the site is validated. Finally, as for Pathfinder, the selection process is being done in an open environment with multiple opportunities for community involvement including open workshops, with education and outreach opportunities.

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