Aerial Vehicle Surveys of Other Planetary Atmospheres and Surfaces: Imaging, Remote-Sensing, and Autonomy Technology Requirements

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to review the anticipated imaging and remote-sensing technology requirements for aerial vehicle survey missions to other planetary bodies in our Solar system that can support in-atmosphere flight. In the not too distant future such planetary aerial vehicle (a.k.a. aerial explorers) exploration missions will become feasible. Imaging and remote-sensing observations will be a key objective for these missions. Accordingly, it is imperative that optimal solutions in terms of imaging acquisition and real-time autonomous analysis of image data sets be developed for such vehicles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA529847

Entities

People

  • Corey Ippolifo
  • Gregory Pisanich
  • Larry A. Young
  • Rich Alena

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Altitude
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Computational Science
  • Control Systems
  • Data Sets
  • Information Systems
  • Measurement
  • Remote Sensing
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Simulations
  • Solar System
  • Three Dimensional
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Vertical Takeoff Aircraft

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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