Remote Operations Methods & Plan Life in the Atacama 2004 Science & Technology Workshop Nathalie A. Cabrol NASA Ames

Life in the Atacama 2004 Workshop1Carnegie Mellon Presentation Outline Remote Operations Methods and Plan  Calendar and Location of Remote Operations  Remote Science Team  Science Team Structure and Theme Groups  Daily Operations  Operating Schedule  Daily Schedule: Group meetings, data interpretation and sequencing for next sol  “Landing” sols  Data priority and mission modes  Science Phases and Templates

Life in the Atacama 2004 Workshop2Carnegie Mellon Calendar and Location of Remote Operations Location of RST: Pittsburgh / CMU Eventscope lab -- ( see Peter’s presentation )

Life in the Atacama 2004 Workshop3Carnegie Mellon Remote Science Team Members

Life in the Atacama 2004 Workshop4Carnegie Mellon Science Team Structure and Theme Groups Project Science Lead Ground-Truth Lead Instrument PIs Lead Science Tools Lead Remote Science Team Lead SOVPE Lead Long-Term Planning Lead Geo Theme Lead Bio Theme Lead Mineralogy Theme Lead Science Documentarian Sci. Tech Support

Life in the Atacama 2004 Workshop5Carnegie Mellon Science Team Roles The RST Lead: remains the same for the duration of an entire phase (e.g., site A, site B). Could be the same for both; Hands the science sequence to the person in charge of the uplink to the rover and is the sole contact between that person and the science team; Link with the Project Science Lead as well; Long-Term Planning (LTP) Lead: could be taken by the same person leading the RST; Makes sure that the science decisions and actions are consistent with the overall project science objective; Actively participate to the science activities. The Science Documentarian: keeps track of the rationale behind every sol’s final plan. Task could be taken by one of the SOVPE team members as it complement the SOVPE study and would free one RST member; Remains the same for the duration of an entire phase. Could be the same for both;

Life in the Atacama 2004 Workshop6Carnegie Mellon Science Team Roles Science Group Theme Leads: Spokespersons for the various theme groups; Can change daily; Makes sure that the priorities of his/her group are represented/advocated during the science meetings; Makes the call if observations have to be cut during sequencing; Convey the group’s priorities to the LTP Lead; Science Team Members: Analyze and interpret data; Define daily rover activities and suggest observations and their priority to their group theme lead; Keep track of requested and returned observations; Prepare reports and science discussions.

Life in the Atacama 2004 Workshop7Carnegie Mellon Daily Operations: Operating Schedules DownlinkDownlink Asmnt Meeting Sci. Team Working Grp RST Meeting: Sol Plan Uplink

Life in the Atacama 2004 Workshop8Carnegie Mellon “Landing” Sols These measurements are acquired once per landing site Data Products: Total Data Volume: 41.5 M Night before “Landing Day”: 1700 take high-resolution panorama. Uplink to RST. Sleep (No night operation) “Landing Day”: rover receives commands at 1100 and begin traverse and science operations

Life in the Atacama 2004 Workshop9Carnegie Mellon Data Priority and Mission Modes If daily operation time allows, more data than total sol bandwidth can be acquired; However, there is a strict restriction on daily data return. Excess data (> 100 MB) can be: - Stored in the rover and weighted against coming sols data acquisition and return; - Stored in the rover and kept for future analysis in the Earth Extreme Environment Mode; Data priority should be clearly specified by the RST on the uplink sequence; Targets should be clearly specified. ( See Coppin et al., for details on methods and tools )

Life in the Atacama 2004 Workshop10Carnegie Mellon Remote Science Phases and Templates Science Phases and Suggestion for Science Ops Templates (red): Landing: panoramas Regional Mapping Science (RMS) Targeted Sampling (TS) Subsurface Trench Activity (STA) Night Science Activity (NSA) Atmospheric Science Activity (ASA) Other to be identified by the RST prior to mission Note: prepare “light” and “heavy” (extra data acquisition) versions of the templates

Life in the Atacama 2004 Workshop11Carnegie Mellon Remote Science Phases and Templates Templates (tabular format) should include: Observations in priority order (from high to low): MER priority code: (0 to 3, 0 being the highest) Instrument name target name and tracking record in dataset (x/y) Expected data product (e.g., 3x1 mosaic, sf: single frame; sc: stereo color) Expected data volume EX: P0: SPI on Humphrey (x/y) 3 x 1 m_sc_ 2MB P0: ….. P1: SPI Sky (az/elev)_ Etc.