Nomad Rover Field Experiment, Atacama Desert, Chile 2. Identification of paleolife evidence using a robotic vehicle: Lessons and recommendations for a Mars sample return mission
Abstract
During the Nomad Rover Field Experiment in the Atacama Desert (Chile), a potential fossil was identified in a boulder by the science team remotely located at NASA Ames Research Center, California. The science team requested the collecting of the boulder that was returned for laboratory analysis. This analysis confirmed the evidence of paleolife. As the first fossil identified and sampled by a remotely located science team using a rover, we use the case of sample I-250697 to describe the process, both in the field and later in the laboratory during the rock analysis, which led to the identification, characterization, and confirmation of the evidence of paleolife evidence in I-250697. We point out the lessons that this case provides for future Mars sample return missions. Copyright 2001 by the American Geophysical Union.
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Título según WOS: | Nomad Rover Field Experiment, Atacama Desert, Chile 2. Identification of paleolife evidence using a robotic vehicle: Lessons and recommendations for a Mars sample return mission |
Título según SCOPUS: | Nomad Rover field experiment, Atacama Desert, Chile 2. Identification of paleolife evidence using a robotic vehicle: Lessons and recommendations for a Mars sample return mission |
Título de la Revista: | Journal of Geophysical Research |
Volumen: | 106 |
Número: | E4 |
Editorial: | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
Fecha de publicación: | 2001 |
Página de inicio: | 7807 |
Página final: | 7815 |
Idioma: | English |
URL: | http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/1999JE001181 |
DOI: |
10.1029/1999JE001181 |
Notas: | ISI, SCOPUS |