Laboratory and Spacecraft Investigations for Planetary Exploration

行星探索的实验室和航天器研究

• 批准号: 436252-2013
• 负责人: Moores, John
• 金额: $ 2.33万
• 依托单位: York University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=574327
• 关键词: Laboratory; Spacecraft; Investigations; Planetary; Exploration

This grant seeks to support two lines of research. First, in the near term, it seeks to provide operating support to an existing research program in Mars Science and Exploration. Secondly, it will provide operating support to enhance the scientific and engineering return of new facilities for simulating planetary environments at York University The first line of research proposes to add value to the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mission that is currently operating on Mars and provide training opportunities for students. This proposal seeks to place the results of this mission in context through theoretical modelling of the martian atmosphere at previous landing sites and combining this theoretical work with orbital data. Longer term, opportunities will be available for HQPs to participate directly in MSL Mission Operations to test theoretical models on Mars. Such opportunities will also provide Canada with a higher profile presence on the Mission and demonstrate our competency to international partners. The second line of research seeks to provide context to observations by supporting simulations of planetary environments in laboratory simulation chambers. This will allow data gathered by spacecraft to be tested and expanded upon to reveal the processes that have helped to create and shape these bodies over time. Thus the scientific return from existing missions will be enhanced. These chambers will also allow scientific instrumentation to be developed to interrogate the surfaces and atmospheres of these bodies for future space missions. This enables the development of a new Canadian niche in planetary tools and techniques which may eventually become a significant contribution to or the basis of a mission selected for flight.

该赠款旨在支持两条研究。首先，在短期内，它试图为火星科学与探索中现有的研究计划提供运营支持。其次，它将提供运营支持，以增强约克大学（York University）模拟行星环境的新设施的科学和工程回报 第一线研究建议为目前在火星上运作并为学生提供培训机会的火星科学实验室（MSL）任务增加价值。该提案旨在通过对先前着陆点的火星大气层进行理论建模，并将这一理论工作与轨道数据相结合，将此任务的结果放在上下文中。从长远来看，HQP将有机会直接参加MSL任务操作，以测试火星上的理论模型。这样的机会还将为加拿大提供更高的任务，并向国际合作伙伴展示我们的能力。 第二条研究旨在通过支持实验室模拟室中行星环境的模拟来为观察提供背景。这将使航天器收集的数据得到测试并扩展，以揭示有助于随着时间的推移创建和塑造这些物体的过程。因此，将增强从现有任务中获得的科学回报。这些房间还将允许开发科学仪器来审问这些身体的表面和气氛以进行未来的太空任务。这使得在行星工具和技术中开发了新的加拿大利基市场，最终可能成为选择飞行任务的重要贡献或基础。