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Exploration Simulations on Earth

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Alain Souchier Association planète Mars

ASTech International Conference Space Exploration

Paris December 17-19, 2012

Simulations on Earth

Utah (2002) Russia (2007 2011)

Antarctic

Canada (2001)

Mars

Mars Society NASA Arizona (2010) ESA Concordia Mars 500 NASA Florida -20m ÖWF: Rio Tinto (2011) Dachstein ice cave (2012) Morocco (2013)

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PREPARATION TRAINING AND SIMULATION

Simulation facilities allow crew operations in conditions nearing thoseon another planet … but simulation is never 100% What can be experimented:

• Adaptation of scientific experimentations, tools,

technologies and methods to planetary exploration conditions

• Exploration strategies
• Human factors
• Organization

(on the field, on earth for mission support)

• And one day….crew training
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NASA RATS (Research And Technologies Studies) simulations

Initially only 2 rovers And since 2010 an habitat

A science mission room at ESTEC in 2011 for RATS 14

Orientation now towards zero g asteroid exploration

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NASA NEEMO Aquarius underwater simulation

ESA astronaut Tim Peake and scientist Steve Squyres Simulation mainly

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asteroid exploration

Red aliens Green humans

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Mars 500

Two ESA participants: Romain Charles and Diego Urbina (former participant to a MDRS simulation) Simulation mainly

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psychology and medicine

Diego Urbina participated to the simulated EVAs

Landing Zero g simulation ? No: joke Cognition test

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Mars Society habitats localization

FMARS – Haughton meteoritic crater - Devon island - Permafrost MDRS – Utah desert – old jurassic sea

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OBSERVATORY

HAB

Greenhab (grey water recycling - 40% on consumption) Ø 8 m – 2 floors satellite link with « Earth» Messages read after 5 mn Airlock n° 1

UTAH MDRS FACILITY

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MDRS: Internal lay out

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Outside operations in (simulated) space suits

3 mn decompression in the airlock Radio communications Thick gloves

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Simulation fidelity - EVAs

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The Arctic F-MARS

A 4 months simulation in summer 2007 Including 37 days in martian day duration (24h 40 mn)

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Research on underground biological activity: relation with summer warming

F-Mars 2007

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Experiments conducted at F-MARS in summer 2007

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Human factors, psychology, ergonomics Geology Biology Technology Explo methodology

21 experiments

MDRS experimentations between 2002 and 2007

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Human factors, psychology, ergonomics Geology Biology Technology Explo methodology Atmosphere

191 experiments Numerous experiments are multi domains

Exemple of experimentations: The MDRS 43 mission

Dexterity improvements Cliff Reconnaissance Vehicle

29/01 – 11/02/2006

Activities analysis Observation/cartogra- phy by camera on balloon or pole Hab internal lay

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Habitabilty inquiry Psychology inquiry

0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 log (time in mn) Mails

Elapsed time between "earth" mail emission and reading at MDRS

Mission mails Personal mails

Analysis of exchanges with « Earth » EVAs efficiency analysis Observationnal capabilities analysis Observed surface area evaluation during EVAs

Crew Activities

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The association Planète Mars CRV (Cliff Reconnaissance Vehicule) a demonstrator for slopes and cliffs examination

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A CRV test in Utah and a simulated

• peration in Victoria crater
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Balloon and camera … EVA cartography

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Pole camera

Looking inside a cave in a cliff

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Exploration methodo- logy and technologies: networking man, computer and rover

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Exploration methodology and technologies: Using balloons for EVA localisa- tion or measurements

Jan Osburg – LiftPort Group

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MDRS 43

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MDRS 43

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ÖWF (Austrian Space Forum) simulations Rio Tinto 15th-30th of april 2011

Aouda.X (ÖWF, ESA, CSEM / CH, Univ. of Manchester/UK) Phileas and Dignity Rovers (ÖWF, Object Tracker/A, ESA/ ESTEC, White Label Space / NL) Eurobot Ground Prototype (ESA, Thales Alenia Space/I) Geophysics (Univ. Innsbruck,

• Univ. Budapest, TU Wien,

ESA/ESTEC, CAB-INTA/Sp) & YETI (BRG Lilienfeld)) LTMS (ESA) & Traingrid (Emxys/Sp)

Experiments:

Mission Control Center Innsbruck Eurobot Aouda spacesuit

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Mars cave exploration simulation in Dachstein Austrian Space Forum (ÖWF)

26/4 to 1/5/2012

The Planète Mars association Cliff Reconnaissance Vehicle

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Experiments conducted in Dachstein

(DOC. ÖWF in: http://mission.oewf.org/press/Dachstein2012_Pressemappe_ENGLISH.pdf)

Simulation in Dachstein

LATMOS ExoMars ground sounding radar on the CRV5 APM vehicule

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And in February 2013 ÖWF one month simulation in Morocco

Association Planète Mars Cliff Reconnaissance Vehicule wil again be tested

Cliff Reconnaissance Vehicule as seen by NASA in 2012

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And now the association has its own simulation spacesuit

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The 2 Aouda ÖWF spacesuits

Four in total in Europe ?

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Simulation on Earth are not expensive Laboratories, institutions, companies are interested The media and public appeal is tremendous

When a European permanent facility ?