Simulated, or analog, planetary missions are putting the base for the forthcoming extraterrestrial explorations, testing new technologies and refining existing operative exploration procedures [1, 2, 3]. In February 2018, the Austrian Space Forum led an international Mars analog mission in the Dhofar region, Oman. Directed by a Mission Support Center in Austria, a small field crew conducted experiments preparing for future human Mars missions in the fields of engineering, planetary surface operations, astrobiology, geophysics/geology and life sciences. In summer 2017 our ScanMars experiment has been selected to be part of the mission. ScanMars employed a Ground Penetrating Radar to investigate the subsurface by transmitting and receiving radio-wave impulses into the ground. The expected results of the experiment are geophysical images of the underground structures, material differences and the presence of groundwater[4]. Here we present the ScanMars experiment and its results from AMADEE-18 analog mission to Mars, in the Oman desert.
The ScanMars radar onboard AMADEE-18 analog mission to Mars
Alessandro Frigeri
;Maurizio ErcoliData Curation
;Cristina Pauselli;
2018
Abstract
Simulated, or analog, planetary missions are putting the base for the forthcoming extraterrestrial explorations, testing new technologies and refining existing operative exploration procedures [1, 2, 3]. In February 2018, the Austrian Space Forum led an international Mars analog mission in the Dhofar region, Oman. Directed by a Mission Support Center in Austria, a small field crew conducted experiments preparing for future human Mars missions in the fields of engineering, planetary surface operations, astrobiology, geophysics/geology and life sciences. In summer 2017 our ScanMars experiment has been selected to be part of the mission. ScanMars employed a Ground Penetrating Radar to investigate the subsurface by transmitting and receiving radio-wave impulses into the ground. The expected results of the experiment are geophysical images of the underground structures, material differences and the presence of groundwater[4]. Here we present the ScanMars experiment and its results from AMADEE-18 analog mission to Mars, in the Oman desert.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
