This slide presentation reviews the use of very small roving vehicles to assist in exploration of various primitive bodies in the Solar System. It reviews the lessons learned from the mobility of the rovers on Mars, and the importance of the what we learned from these rovers. It also examines the core payload for the what would be a new class of rovers, that include a camera, and spectrometer. It also briefly reviews the MUSES-C (i.e., Hyabusa) mission for which a nano-rover had been planned. A prototype of the rover is shown, along with some of the characteristics.


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    Title :

    Using Very Small Rovers to Explore the Surface of Primitive Bodies


    Contributors:
    Vane, Gregg (author)

    Conference:

    First Meeting of the International Primitive Body Exploration Working Group ; 2008 ; Okinawa, Japan


    Publication date :

    2008-01-14


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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