Issues of geologically-focused situational awareness in robotic planetary missions: Lessons from an analogue mission at Mistastin Lake impact structure,Labrador, Canada
Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration & Canadian Lunar Research Network, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada N6A 5B7
Abstract:
Remote robotic data provides different information than that obtained from immersion in the field. This significantly affects the geological situational awareness experienced by members of a mission control science team. In order to optimize science return from planetary robotic missions, these limitations must be understood and their effects mitigated to fully leverage the field experience of scientists at mission control.