Preliminary Thermal Design of the Japanese Mars Rover Mission
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2015-07-12
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45th International Conference on Environmental Systems
Abstract
A Mars surface exploration working group in JAXA has been planning its first attempt to send a rover to the Martian surface for a technological demonstration and to engage in direct search for living organisms in Martian soil at Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL), where liquid water is believed to exist underground and flow out to the surface in the summer. A 150kg-class, stand-alone-type rover (without any mother lander or rover responsible for some roles such as communication) has been designed as a “clean rover” that excludes any radioisotope energy. This paper describes the mission overview and the results of the preliminary thermal design and analysis to show that the mission plan remains sufficiently feasible.
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Bellevue, Washington
Ryuta Hatakenaka, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Taku Nonomura, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Moto Takai, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Hiroyuki Toyota, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Takehiko Satoh, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Hiroyuki Sugita, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Kazuhisa Fujita, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Genya Ishigami, Keio University, Japan
Akihiko Yamagishi, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan
Hideaki Miyamoto, University of Tokyo, Japan
Kazuhiro Umetani, Okayama University, Japan
The 45th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in Bellevue, Washington, USA on 12 July 2015 through 16 July 2015.
Ryuta Hatakenaka, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Taku Nonomura, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Moto Takai, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Hiroyuki Toyota, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Takehiko Satoh, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Hiroyuki Sugita, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Kazuhisa Fujita, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
Genya Ishigami, Keio University, Japan
Akihiko Yamagishi, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan
Hideaki Miyamoto, University of Tokyo, Japan
Kazuhiro Umetani, Okayama University, Japan
The 45th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in Bellevue, Washington, USA on 12 July 2015 through 16 July 2015.