{"id":9875,"date":"2015-02-07T11:37:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T16:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9875"},"modified":"2015-02-07T11:37:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T16:37:37","slug":"video-pascal-lee-on-simulating-mars-manned-rovers-in-the-high-arctic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9875","title":{"rendered":"Video: Pascal Lee on simulating Mars manned rovers in the High Arctic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this SETI Institute seminar, planetary\u00a0scientist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seti.org\/users\/pascal-lee\" target=\"_d\">Pascal Lee<\/a>\u00a0talks about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marsonearth.org\/about\/\" target=\"_d\">Haughton-Mars Project<\/a>\u00a0to simulate a Mars base on Devon Island in northern\u00a0Canadian. He focuses here on simulations of a excursions in a pressurized rover using &#8220;specially modified Humvees&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NVyUs_rWbjw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the caption to the video:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Pressurized rovers are airtight all-terrain motorhomes in which future planetary explorers will live, work, sleep, and drive during multiple-day excursions far away from their home base. Although pressurized rovers are commonly featured in science-fiction lore and technical studies on paper, there is still very little practical experience with the use of such vehicles in terrestrial field exploration. Since 2003, the NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) has begun leading a series of field simulations of planetary pressurized rover traverses on Devon Island, High Arctic, a bleak and barren polar analog often described as Mars On Earth. As stand-ins for pressurized rovers, the HMP uses specially modified Humvees equipped with living quarters, satellite comms &amp; nav systems, robotic arms, and spacesuit ports. Rover traverses at HMP are also set in a true field exploration operations environment in which dangers, while not as unforgiving as on Mars, are nevertheless real and relevant.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This talk summarizes the HMP\u2019s experience with simulated pressurized rover treks to date, and lessons learned for planning future road trips on the Moon or Mars. Focus is placed on the HMP\u2019s Northwest Passage Drive Expedition (2009-2011), an epic rover journey from the continental United States to Mars On Earth, across hundreds of kilometers of sea-ice along the fabled Northwest Passage. During the voyage, the expedition crew encountered conditions and challenges analogous in basic ways to those awaiting future pressurized rover crews on Mars: hostile environment, dust storm-like blizzards, uncertain route, treacherous terrain, equipment failure, tight crew quarters, limited resources, remoteness, and isolation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While pressurized rover treks will dramatically expand the range and productivity of human planetary exploration, they will remain expeditions within an expedition. If not planned and implemented with care, they will quickly spell doom for their crews.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this SETI Institute seminar, planetary\u00a0scientist Pascal Lee\u00a0talks about the Haughton-Mars Project\u00a0to simulate a Mars base on Devon Island in northern\u00a0Canadian. He focuses here on simulations of a excursions in a pressurized rover using &#8220;specially modified Humvees&#8221;: Here&#8217;s the caption to the video: Pressurized rovers are airtight all-terrain motorhomes in which future planetary explorers will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9875\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Pascal Lee on simulating Mars manned rovers in the High Arctic<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,78,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-mars","category-simulators"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2zh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1000,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1000","url_meta":{"origin":9875,"position":0},"title":"Prof. Jim Bell talks about exploring Mars, the Moon, asteroids and more with rovers and landers","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a video of a public presentation by Prof. Jim Bell of Arizona State Univ. on planetary and deep space exploration. 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