Mission Concept for a Nuclear Reactor‐Powered Mars Cryobot Lander

摘要: Recently, a team from JPL and the DOE carried out study to investigate utility of 3 kWe surface fission power system for Mars landed missions. In course it became clear that application such was enabling wide variety potential Of these, two concepts were developed, one stationary lander reactor‐powered rover. This paper discusses design mission, which developed around concept landing cryobot on north polar ice cap. The is designed bore through entire 2–3 km thickness cap, providing picture Martian climate spanning more than million years history. high sustained available reactor proves be an ideal match this mission design, level science return unavailable any alternative sources. based minimum extrapolation technology, drawing heavily existin...