Choosing Mars Time: Analysis of the Mars exploration rover experience

Deborah S. Bass, Roxana C. Wales, Valerie L. Shalin

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission's management decision to work on Mars time and the implications of that decision on the tactical surface operations process as personnel planned activities and created a new command load for work on each Martian sol. The paper also looks at tools that supported the complexities of Mars time operations, and makes some comparisons between Earth and Mars time scheduling.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2005 IEEE Aerospace Conference
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages4174-4185
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)0780388704, 9780780388703
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Event2005 IEEE Aerospace Conference - Big Sky, MT, United States
Duration: Mar 5 2005Mar 12 2005

Publication series

NameIEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
Volume2005
ISSN (Print)1095-323X

Conference

Conference2005 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBig Sky, MT
Period3/5/053/12/05

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

  • Mars
  • Space vehicles
  • Earth
  • Personnel
  • Bars
  • NASA
  • Planetary orbits
  • Relays
  • Propulsion
  • Laboratories

Disciplines

  • Psychology
  • Space Vehicles
  • Propulsion and Power
  • The Sun and the Solar System

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