Abstract
Exploration Leading to Low-Latency Telepresence on Mars from Deimos
Highlights
The strategy of using robotic precursor spacecraft to prepare for human space exploration at a common venue has its roots in the Lunar Orbiter [1] and Surveyor [2] missions leading to initial Apollo Program human landings on the Moon in 1969
In connection with the current Artemis Program's human return to the Moon, robotic precursors are being instigated through NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative [3]
With virtues of low-latency telepresence (LLT) becoming better understood in a Mars exploration context, the outer moon Deimos has become the strategic "high ground" at which to deploy LLT's human component based on current knowledge
Summary
The strategy of using robotic precursor spacecraft to prepare for human space exploration at a common venue has its roots in the Lunar Orbiter [1] and Surveyor [2] missions leading to initial Apollo Program human landings on the Moon in 1969. Looking farther along NASA's human exploration roadmap into the 2030s and beyond, venues proximal to Mars become prominent Robotic precursors in this context begin with the first flyby spacecraft Mariner 4 in 1965 [4], the first orbiter Mariner 9 in 1971 [5], the first lander Viking 1 in 1976 [6], and the first rover Sojourner in 1997 [7]. Apollo's outdated game plan must evolve to an exploration strategy using lowlatency telepresence (LLT) [14, Section 9] In this mode of exploration, humans operate robotic surrogate assets on the surface of Mars from a subsurface habitat on the outer moon Deimos. Human/cargo transfer (ideally, intravehicular in a shirtsleeve environment) between a completed subsurface habitat and a visiting vehicle such as an interplanetary transport must be developed All these knowledge gaps are addressable by robotic precursor missions to Deimos [15, Objectives 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4, pp. All these knowledge gaps are addressable by robotic precursor missions to Deimos [15, Objectives 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4, pp. 33-41]
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