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Scientific paper
Aug 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992wadc.iafcu....i&link_type=abstract
IAF, International Astronautical Congress, 43rd, Washington, Aug. 28-Sept. 5, 1992. 10 p.
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Japanese Spacecraft, Lunar Mining, Lunar Roving Vehicles, Mars Surface, Autonomous Navigation, General Overviews, Roving Vehicles
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Two lunar rovers and a Mars rover being studied in Japan are presented. All of them are unmanned semiautonomous rovers taking advantage of robotic technologies on the ground. One of the lunar rovers is a mission dedicated to science observation and is compatible with M-V launch vehicle and weighs 208 kg. The other is compatible with H-II launch vehicle and weighs 900 kg. The Mars rover presented here is for science mission and weighs 1,790 kg. One of the main missions is drilling deep into the Mars surface for studying the surface materials.
Iwata Tsutomu
Nakatani Ichiro
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