利用ReachBot开展火星熔岩管探测（MELT）：科学调查与操作概念
Martian Exploration of Lava Tubes (MELT) with ReachBot: Scientific Investigation and Concept of Operations
AI总结：
针对现有机器人难以探索火星熔岩管等地下洞穴的问题，本研究提出利用带可伸缩肢体的ReachBot开展探测，明确了科学目标与溯源矩阵，制定了包含部署、活动、风险分析及缓解策略的任务操作概念。
摘要：
作为进入地下的天然通道，熔岩管和其他洞穴已成为行星任务开展天体生物学分析的首要目标。然而，现有机器人范式中很少有能够探索此类极具挑战性环境的。ReachBot是一款可通过可伸缩肢体实现移动、能在行星洞穴中导航的机器人。本文概述了一项将ReachBot部署到火星熔岩管的设想任务的潜在科学回报和任务操作方案。本研究提出了激励性的科学目标和科学溯源矩阵以指导有效载荷选择，还为ReachBot制定了操作概念（ConOps），提供了其在火星上的部署和活动框架，分析了任务风险并制定了缓解策略。
英文摘要：
As natural access points to the subsurface, lava tubes and other caves have become premier targets of planetary missions for astrobiological analyses. Few existing robotic paradigms, however, are able to explore such challenging environments. ReachBot is a robot that enables navigation in planetary caves by using extendable and retractable limbs to locomote. This paper outlines the potential science return and mission operations for a notional mission that deploys ReachBot to a martian lava tube. In this work, the motivating science goals and science traceability matrix are provided to guide payload selection. A Concept of Operations (ConOps) is also developed for ReachBot, providing a framework for deployment and activities on Mars, analyzing mission risks, and developing mitigation strategies
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