Mapping and Characterization for Optimized Evaluation of Potential Landing Sites on the Moon and Mars to Support Future Missions
Grant Data
Project Title
Mapping and Characterization for Optimized Evaluation of Potential Landing Sites on the Moon and Mars to Support Future Missions
Principal Investigator
Dr Michalski, Joseph Ryan
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Wu Bo
(Project coordinator)
Duration
48
Start Date
2020-06-01
Amount
800000
Conference Title
Mapping and Characterization for Optimized Evaluation of Potential Landing Sites on the Moon and Mars to Support Future Missions
Keywords
Moon, Mars, Landing Site, Mapping, Characterization
Discipline
SurveyingOthers - Civil Engineering, Surveying, Building and Construction
HKU Project Code
R5043-19
Grant Type
Research Impact Fund (RIF) 2019/20
Funding Year
2019
Status
On-going
Objectives
(1) Development of innovative high-resolution, high-precision topographical mapping approaches tosupport detailed analysis of surface hazards (e.g., slopes and roughness) for landing site evaluationon the Moon and Mars.(2) Development of more automated, robust geomorphological mapping approaches to characterizecrater/dome densities, boulder/rock abundances, ridge/rill distributions, and other geomorphologicalfeatures for landing site evaluation on the Moon and Mars.(3) Development of a multiple-source spectral database of rocks and minerals for joint spectralinterpretation to characterize geological records and mineral compositions for landing site evaluationon the Moon and Mars.(4) Optimization of joint topographical, geomorphological and geological analysis for systematicevaluation of potential landing sites on the Moon and Mars (i.e., at the South Pole of the Moon andthe targeted landing region of China's Mars mission), to support future exploration missions.