Assessing Gale Crater as a Landing Site for the First Human Mission to Mars

F. J. Calef; D. Archer; B. Clark; M. Day; W. Goertz; J. Lasue; J. Martin-Torres; M. Zorzano Mier

Assessing Gale Crater as a Landing Site for the First Human Mission to Mars

F. J. Calef, D. Archer, B. Clark, M. Day, W. Goertz, J. Lasue, J. Martin-Torres, M. Zorzano Mier

Geology and Geophysics

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Abstract

We've assessed Gale crater's potential as the first human landing site. Besides being a well-characterized and benign landing site for EDL, it contains many science ROIs and identifiable ISRU ROIs meeting most if not all requirements proposed.

Original language	English
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - Oct 2015
Event	First Landing Site/Exploration Zone Workshop for Human Missions to the Surface of Mars - Houston, United States Duration: 27 Oct 2015 → 30 Oct 2015 https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/explorationzone2015/

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Conference	First Landing Site/Exploration Zone Workshop for Human Missions to the Surface of Mars
Country/Territory	United States
City	Houston
Period	27/10/15 → 30/10/15
Internet address	https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/explorationzone2015/

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LPI Contribution No. 1879, p.1020

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Calef, F. J., Archer, D., Clark, B., Day, M., Goertz, W., Lasue, J., Martin-Torres, J., & Zorzano Mier, M. (2015). Assessing Gale Crater as a Landing Site for the First Human Mission to Mars. Paper presented at First Landing Site/Exploration Zone Workshop for Human Missions to the Surface of Mars, Houston, Texas, United States. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015LPICo1879.1020C

Calef, FJ, Archer, D, Clark, B, Day, M, Goertz, W, Lasue, J, Martin-Torres, J & Zorzano Mier, M 2015, 'Assessing Gale Crater as a Landing Site for the First Human Mission to Mars', Paper presented at First Landing Site/Exploration Zone Workshop for Human Missions to the Surface of Mars, Houston, United States, 27/10/15 - 30/10/15. <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015LPICo1879.1020C>

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Assessing Gale Crater as a Landing Site for the First Human Mission to Mars

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