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Rationale for a Mars Pathfinder mission to Chryse Planitia and the Viking 1 landerPresently the landing site for Mars Pathfinder will be constrained to latitudes between 0 deg and 30 deg N to facilitate communication with earth and to allow the lander and rover solar arrays to generate the maximum possible power. The reference elevation of the site must also be below 0 km so that the descent parachute, a Viking derivative, has sufficient time to open and slow the lander to the correct terminal velocity. Although Mars has as much land surface area as the continental crust of the earth, such engineering constraints immediately limit the number of possible landing sites to only three broad areas: Amazonis, Chryse, and Isidis Planitia. Of these, both Chryse and Isidis Planitia stand out as the sites offering the most information to address several broad scientific topics.
Document ID
19950009768
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Craddock, Robert A. (National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Mars Pathfinder Landing Site Workshop
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
95N16183
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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