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Low Cost Mars Surface Exploration : The Mars Tumbleweed

Author
Kolacinski, Richard
Published
August 1, 2003.
Physical Description
1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Calhoun, Philip, Flick, John, Hajos, Gregory, Minton, David, Owens, Rachel, Antol, Jeffrey, and Parker, Jennifer
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Summary
The "Mars Tumbleweed," a rover concept that would utilize surface winds for mobility, is being examined as a low cost complement to the current Mars exploration efforts. Tumbleweeds carrying microinstruments would be driven across the Martian landscape by wind, searching for areas of scientific interest. These rovers, relatively simple, inexpensive, and deployed in large numbers to maximize coverage of the Martian surface, would provide a broad scouting capability to identify specific sites for exploration by more complex rover and lander missions.
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Collection
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 20030068113.
L-18275.
NAS 1.15:212411.
NASA/TM-2003-212411.
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