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17 – Canada CanMars, too! (feat. Eric Pilles)
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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Dec 13, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
NASA currently operates two rovers on the surface of Mars, but in the next five years that population could more than double as JPL prepares its third rover, and space agencies in Europe and China look to create their own footholds. That’s why creating a pipeline of talent that can plan, target, drive and otherwise operate these rovers is so important. Enter CanMars – an anlogue mission run by the Canadian Space Agency using real rovers here on Earth. I caught up with Eric Pilles, the planning lead for CanMars 2016, to find out how he and his team of scientists from universities across Canada are learning the ins and outs of rover ops, and how the science drives their goals.
Links
Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (University of Western Ontario)
CPSX Twitter
CPSX Facebook
Canadian Space Agency’s CanMars Site
Specs for the Mars Exploration Science Rover (MESR)
WeMartians Theme Song is “RetroFuture” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Links
Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (University of Western Ontario)
CPSX Twitter
CPSX Facebook
Canadian Space Agency’s CanMars Site
Specs for the Mars Exploration Science Rover (MESR)
WeMartians Theme Song is “RetroFuture” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Released:
Dec 13, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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