Science-driven Strategies for Semi-autonomous Rovers on the Moon: Field Test at an Ice-bearing Regolith Analog
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AT AN ICE-BEARING REGOLITH ANALOG. R. A. Yingst, B. A. Cohen, B.M. Hynek, J.B. Johnson, M. E. Schmidt and C.M. Schrader, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Ft. Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, Arizona, 85719 ([email protected]), NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
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