Geography 2011A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Primary Life Support System
5 May 2018
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- A couple of days ago, NASA announced that they had invested in 25 early stage technology proposals
that have the potential to transform robotic exploration missions and introduce new exploration
capabilities.
- One of these technologies that we found interesting was a flying swarm of robotic bees known as
Marsbees. This technology will be developed by Chang-kwon Kang and his team at the University of
Alabama. This technology is still in Phase I of development which means they are in the preliminary
steps of designing and optimizing the structural components of this system.
- There hae alas ee proles ith eploratio of Mars eause of it’s rough surfae ad rok
terrain. Recentl, NA“A has disoered reaks i the Curiosit Roer’s heels due to the rough surfae
on Mars (point to picture).
- Also, traditioal roers are slo, ulk, ad epesie. The also a’t get aross large distaes o
Mars, so researchers are looking for possible ways to make exploration of mars more efficient and less
expensive.
- One possible solution is a system known as Marsebees.
- Picture graphi depitio of Marsees. The roer ill at as a ase, ut o’t atuall trek the
surface of Mars. The robotic bees will hover around the surface and report the data back to the rover.
The Marsbees system can provide many benefits compared to a traditional rover...
- Smaller volume provides more flexibility than traditional rovers
- Travel across larger distances much more quickly than traditional rovers
- Can explore more areas on Mars than traditional rovers
- Less expensive than traditional rovers
- Can travel as single uits or as a olletie pak
- Not ol aps Mars’ terrai, ut also ollet saples of Mars’ atosphere i hopes of fidig ethae
gas (a possible sign of life)
- Provides more robustness to individual system failures (if one marsbee system fails, there are still
many other marsbees)
- Because of its relatively small size and the small volume of airspace needed to test the system, it can
be validated in a variety of testing facilities (easily tested before being sent off)
- The graph shows the projected flight time of Marsbees before being needed to recharge. As
technology advances over time, the flight time of Marsbees is expected to increase.
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