Austrian Space Forum, Innsbruck, Austria.
University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Astrobiology. 2020 Nov;20(11):1276-1286. doi: 10.1089/ast.2019.2031.
From February 1 to 28, 2018, the Austrian Space Forum, in cooperation with the Oman Astronomical Society and research teams from 25 nations, conducted the AMADEE-18 mission, a human-robotic Mars expedition simulation in the Dhofar region in the Sultanate of Oman. A carefully selected field crew, supported by a Mission Support Center in Innsbruck, Austria, conducted 19 experiments relevant to astrobiology, engineering disciplines, geoscience, operations research, and human factors. This expedition was the 12th in a series of analog missions that emulate selected aspects of the science expected for a human Mars mission, including the characterization of the (paleo)geological environment, human factors studies, and the search for biomarkers. In particular, an Exploration Cascade was deployed as a suggested workflow for coordinating the timing and location of the respective instruments and experiments. In validation of this workflow, the decision-making interaction between the field and the Mission Support Center was studied. This article introduces the AMADEE-18 mission and provides the mission-specific context for the other contributions of this special issue.
2018 年 2 月 1 日至 28 日，奥地利太空论坛与阿曼天文学会以及来自 25 个国家的研究团队合作，在阿曼苏丹国的佐法尔地区进行了 AMADEE-18 任务，这是一次人类-机器人火星探险模拟。一个由奥地利因斯布鲁克任务支持中心支持的精心挑选的现场工作人员进行了 19 项与天体生物学、工程学科、地球科学、运筹学和人为因素相关的实验。这次探险是模拟任务系列中的第 12 次，模拟了人类火星任务中预期的一些科学方面，包括（古）地质环境的特征描述、人为因素研究和生物标志物的搜索。特别是，探索级联被部署为协调各自仪器和实验的时间和位置的建议工作流程。为了验证该工作流程，研究了现场和任务支持中心之间的决策交互。本文介绍了 AMADEE-18 任务，并为本期特刊的其他贡献提供了特定于任务的背景。
