The Importance of Analog Planetary Research for Success and Safety of Human and Robotic Space Missions

Hettrich, Sebastian; Napier, Lauren; Felix, C. V.; Kołodziejczyk, Agata; Perakis, Nikolaos; Elorza, Iñigo Muñoz; Alizade, Ali; Ghasemzadeh, Leila; Khan, Muhammad Shadab; Pfeil, Isabella

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-15982-9_34

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“…Parabolic flights are used to research the effects of zero‐ or low‐gravity on human physiology, providing insights into how human physiology changes during deep‐space missions and how the body reacts, with key examples being space sickness and disorientation (Karmali & Shelhamer, 2008). Such biomedical research is integral to planning for healthcare during the long‐duration spaceflights of the future (Hettrich et al, 2015). Without parabolic flight analogue missions, the risks to astronaut health would be much harder to quantify, analyze, and address (Seibert et al, 2019).…”

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Addressing disaster and health risks for sustainable outer space

Harris

Duda

Kelman

et al. 2022

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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Any future outer space exploration and exploitation should more fully consider disaster and health risks as part of aiming for sustainability. The advent of the socalled "New Space" race, age, or era characterised by democratisation, commercialization, militarisation, and overlapping outer space activities such as tourism presents challenges for disaster-related and health-related risks in and for outer space. Such challenges have been extensively researched for Earth, but less so for space. This article presents an overview of key aspects for addressing disaster and health risks in outer space within a wider sustainability framing. After an introduction providing background and scope, this article's next section considers some key health and disaster risks within sustainable outer space and offers insights from Earth. The following two sections apply this knowledge by focusing on how analogue missions and international legal and voluntary regimes can each be used to reduce risks and potentially make outer space healthier and safer. The findings advocate that there is a wealth of knowledge and experience about mitigating risks to health and disaster risk reduction on Earth that can inform space flight and exploration. The examples explored include the physical, legal, and regulatory aspects of the "new space" industry, which highlights the relevance of equating examples on Earth. The article concludes that expectations must be managed regarding scenarios for which response, rescue, and recovery are precluded, prompting a necessary focus on prevention and

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“…Analog field tests of human and robotic planetary exploration missions predate the Mercury missions (Phinney, 2015) and they have been essential to efficient and safe mission planning (Hettrich et al , 2015). Early field tests were primarily for testing prototype flight hardware, tools, suits, procedures, and people.…”

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Developing Future Deep-Space Telecommunication Architectures: A Historical Look at the Benefits of Analog Research on the Development of Solar System Internetworking for Future Human Spaceflight

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Miller

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Astrobiology

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Exploration analog field tests, missions, and deployments enable the integration and validation of new and experimental concepts and/or technologies through strategic experimental design. The results of these operations often create new capabilities for exploration and increase confidence in, and credibility of, emerging technologies, usually at very low cost and risk to the test subjects involved. While these experiments resemble missions 10-30 years into the future, insights obtained are often of immediate value. Knowledge gained in the field translates into strategic planning data to assist long-range exploration planners, and planners influence the experimental design of field deployments, creating a synergistic relationship. The Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains (BASALT) communication architecture is a high-fidelity analog program that emulates conditions impacting future explorers on the martian surface. This article provides (1) a brief historical review of past analog operations that deliberately used elements of a flight-like telecommunication infrastructure to add fidelity to the test, (2) samples of the accomplishments made through analog operations, and (3) potentially significant deep-space telecommunication insights gained from the BASALT program in support of future extravehicular activity exploration of Mars. This article is paired with and complements Miller et al. in this issue which focuses on the telecommunication infrastructure utilized by the BASALT team during the field deployment.

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“…Space debris are often out of control and their movement Open Access [11]. Hence, much attention has been given to the novel space robotics where the number of control inputs is less than that of degrees of freedom [12,13]. Such space robotics are named as under-actuated space robotics, which process more unique advantages of light weight, simple structure and well self-adaptation than the full actuated space arms [14].…”

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Configuration Design of an Under-Actuated Robotic Hand Based on Maximum Grasping Space

Qiao

Liu

Guo

et al. 2018

Chin. J. Mech. Eng.

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Capture is a key component for on-orbit service and space debris clean. The current research of capture on-orbit focuses on using special capture devices or full-actuated space arms to capture cooperative targets. However, the structures of current capture devices are complex, and both space debris and abandoned spacecraft are noncooperative targets. To capture non-cooperative targets in space, a lightweight, less driven under-actuated robotic hand is proposed in this paper, which composed by tendon-pulley transmission and double-stage mechanisms, and always driven by only one motor in process of closing finger. Because of the expandability, general grasping model is constructed. The equivalent joint driving forces and general grasping force are analyzed based on the model and the principle of virtual work. Which reveal the relationship among tendon driving force, joint driving forces and grasping force. In order to configure the number of knuckles of finger, a new analysis method which takes the maximum grasping space into account, is proposed. Supposing the maximum grasped object is an envelope circle with diameter of 2.5 m. In the condition, a finger grasping maximum envelope circle with different knuckles is modeled. And the finger lengths with corresponding knuckles are calculated out. The finger length which consists of three knuckles is the shortest among under-actuated fingers consists of not more than five knuckles. Finally, the principle prototype and prototype robotic hand which consists of two dingers are designed and assembled. Experiments indicate that the under-actuated robotic hand can satisfy the grasp requirements. which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

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The Importance of Analog Planetary Research for Success and Safety of Human and Robotic Space Missions

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Addressing disaster and health risks for sustainable outer space

Addressing disaster and health risks for sustainable outer space

Developing Future Deep-Space Telecommunication Architectures: A Historical Look at the Benefits of Analog Research on the Development of Solar System Internetworking for Future Human Spaceflight

Configuration Design of an Under-Actuated Robotic Hand Based on Maximum Grasping Space

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