Mars Astrobiological Cave and Internal habitability Explorer (MACIE): A New Frontiers Mission Concept
Charity M. Phillips-Lander, Ali Agha-Mohammadi, J. J. Wynne, Timothy, N. Titus, Nancy Chanover, Cansu Demirel-Floyd, Kyle Uckert, Kaj Williams,, Danielle Wyrick, Jen Blank, Penelope Boston, Karl Mitchell, Akos Kereszturi,, Javier Martin-Torres, Svetlana Shkolyar
TL;DR
MACIE is a proposed Mars mission concept that aims to explore subsurface habitability and astrobiology by investigating lava tube caves using advanced robotics, autonomous navigation, and sample analysis.
Contribution
It introduces a novel mission concept focusing on lava tube caves for astrobiology without drilling, integrating new robotic and autonomous technologies.
Findings
Potential to assess Martian subsurface habitability.
Addresses key scientific goals of planetary exploration.
Innovative use of robotic architectures for cave exploration.
Abstract
Martian subsurface habitability and astrobiology can be evaluated via a lava tube cave, without drilling. MACIE addresses two key goals of the Decadal Survey (2013-2022) and three MEPAG goals. New advances in robotic architectures, autonomous navigation, target sample selection, and analysis will enable MACIE to explore the Martian subsurface.
Peer Reviews
No public reviews on file for this paper yet. If you reviewed it on a platform where reviews are public (OpenReview, ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML), you can paste yours below so the community can read it here.
Videos
No videos yet. Explain this paper in a talk, walkthrough, or lecture? Add one.
Taxonomy
TopicsPlanetary Science and Exploration · Space Exploration and Technology · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life