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ISDC-2023 - 28 May 2023

Pascal Lee

Mars Institute, SETI Institute &

NASA Ames Research Center

CAVE EXPLORATION ON THE MOON

AS A MOON-TO-MARS

PRIORITY

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VIKING LANDER 1

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MARS: SEARCH FOR ALIEN LIFE

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Liquid H₂O at

2-5 km Depth?

MARS: DEEP DRILLING

Frozen Mega - Regolith

A Solution ?: Plasma Drilling ?

Big Challenge

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MARS CAVES: MOSTLY IN VOLCANIC REGIONS

USGS – G. Cushing

Tharsis

Elysium

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MARS:

GIANT VOLCANOES

Olympus

Mons

Ascraeus

Mons

Pavonis

Mons

Arsia

Mons

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LAVA CAVES

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EARTH: LOFTHELLIR LAVA TUBE ICE CAVE, ICELAND

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MOON: PITS/CAVES

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HIGH LATITUDE PITS ON THE MOON?

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PHILOLAUS CRATER: CANDIDATE PITS

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HIGH-LATITUDE PITS ON THE MOON?

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SCHOMBERGER A CRATER: CANDIDATE FRACTURE CAVES

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SCHOMBERGER A CRATER: CANDIDATE FRACTURE CAVES

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GRJÓTAGJÁ LAVA FRACTURE CAVE, ICELAND

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Lee et al. 2019

ROBOTIC

EXPLORATION

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Apollo 15

Mt Hadley

H a d l e y

R i l l e

St George

APOLLO 15

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HMP-2021

FIRST TERRESTRIAL ANALOG FIELD STUDY OF EVA SPACESUIT SYSTEMS & SCI OPERATIONS FOR THE HUMAN EXPLORATION OF PITS & CAVES ON THE MOON AND MARS

Pascal Lee

SETI Institute,

Mars Institute &

NASA Ames Res.earch Center

Gregory Quinn

Jake Rohrig

Ashley Himmelmann

Collins Aerospace

Sawan Dalal

Mars Institute &

Baylor College of Medicine

Saad Kahn

SETI Institute

4th International

Planetary Caves

Conference

Lanzarote, Spain

4-7 May 2023

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MARS SPACESUIT

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MARS SPACESUIT

CAVING CONFIGURATION

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MARS SPACESUIT

CAVING CONFIGURATION

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HMP-2021