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Remote Operations Methods & Plan. Life in the Atacama 2004 Science & Technology Workshop Nathalie A. Cabrol NASA Ames. Presentation Outline. Remote Operations Methods and Plan Calendar and Location of Remote Operations Remote Science Team Science Team Structure and Theme Groups
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Remote Operations Methods & Plan Life in the Atacama 2004Science & Technology Workshop Nathalie A. CabrolNASA Ames
Presentation Outline • Remote Operations Methods and Plan • Calendar and Location of Remote Operations • Remote Science Team • Science Team Structure and Theme Groups • Daily Operations • Operating Schedule • Daily Schedule: Group meetings, data interpretation and sequencing for next sol • “Landing” sols • Data priority and mission modes • Science Phases and Templates Carnegie Mellon
Calendar and Location of Remote Operations Location of RST: Pittsburgh / CMU Eventscope lab -- (see Peter’s presentation) Carnegie Mellon
Remote Science Team Members Carnegie Mellon
Science Team Structure and Theme Groups Project Science Lead SOVPE Lead Ground-Truth Lead Instrument PIs Lead Science Tools Lead Remote Science Team Lead Sci. Tech Support Long-Term Planning Lead Science Documentarian Geo Theme Lead Bio Theme Lead Mineralogy Theme Lead Carnegie Mellon
Science Team Roles • The RST Lead:remains the same for the duration of an entire phase (e.g., site A, site B). Could be the same for both; Hands the science sequence to the person in charge of the uplink to the rover and is the sole contact between that person and the science team; Link with the Project Science Lead as well; • Long-Term Planning (LTP) Lead:could be taken by the same person leading the RST; Makes sure that the science decisions and actions are consistent with the overall project science objective; Actively participate to the science activities. • The Science Documentarian: keeps track of the rationale behind every sol’s final plan. Task could be taken by one of the SOVPE team members as it complement the SOVPE study and would free one RST member; Remains the same for the duration of an entire phase. Could be the same for both; Carnegie Mellon
Science Team Roles • Science Group Theme Leads: Spokespersons for the various theme groups; Can change daily; Makes sure that the priorities of his/her group are represented/advocated during the science meetings; Makes the call if observations have to be cut during sequencing; Convey the group’s priorities to the LTP Lead; • Science Team Members:Analyze and interpret data; Define daily rover activities and suggest observations and their priority to their group theme lead; Keep track of requested and returned observations; Prepare reports and science discussions. Carnegie Mellon
Daily Operations: Operating Schedules Downlink Downlink Asmnt Meeting Sci. Team Working Grp RST Meeting: Sol Plan Uplink 2200--------- 2300--------2330 0600--------0830 0830-----0955 1000 Carnegie Mellon
“Landing” Sols These measurements are acquired once per landing site Data Products: Total Data Volume: 41.5 M Night before “Landing Day”: 1700 take high-resolution panorama. Uplink to RST. Sleep (No night operation) “Landing Day”: rover receives commands at 1100 and begin traverse and science operations Carnegie Mellon
Data Priority and Mission Modes • If daily operation time allows, more data than total sol bandwidth can be acquired; However, there is a strict restriction on daily data return. Excess data (> 100 MB) can be: • - Stored in the rover and weighted against coming sols data acquisition and return; • - Stored in the rover and kept for future analysis in the Earth Extreme Environment Mode; • Data priority should be clearly specified by the RST on the uplink sequence; • Targets should be clearly specified. (See Coppin et al., for details on methods and tools) Carnegie Mellon
Remote Science Phases and Templates • Science Phases and Suggestion for Science Ops Templates (red): • Landing: panoramas • Regional Mapping Science (RMS) • Targeted Sampling (TS) • Subsurface Trench Activity (STA) • Night Science Activity (NSA) • Atmospheric Science Activity (ASA) • Other to be identified by the RST prior to mission • Note: prepare “light” and “heavy” (extra data acquisition) versions of the templates Carnegie Mellon
Remote Science Phases and Templates • Templates (tabular format) should include: • Observations in priority order (from high to low): MER priority code: (0 to 3, 0 being the highest) • Instrument name • target name and tracking record in dataset (x/y) • Expected data product (e.g., 3x1 mosaic, sf: single frame; sc: stereo color) • Expected data volume • EX: • P0: SPI on Humphrey (x/y) 3 x 1 m_sc_ 2MB • P0: ….. • P1: SPI Sky (az/elev)_ • Etc. Carnegie Mellon