Landing Site Requirements EE XX OO MM AA RR SS
Final landing site workshop to take place on 8–9 Nov 2018, in Leicester (UK)
Credit: ESA/Medialab 1 What the Rules of the Road Say EE XX OO MM AA RR SS
What the LSSWG is asked to do: - Recommend a main and backup landing sites taking into account that we need to achieve the mission’s science objectives, and that without safe landing and rover egress there is no science for either rover or surface platform.
In case the above is not clear: 1. Safe landing and rover egress are paramount; 2. A site that preserves possible biosignatures that we can search with the rover’s drill is paramount. - 1 is not more important than 2, and 2 is not more important than 1. - The mission succeeds if we achieve 1 AND 2.