An EVA Mission Planning Tool based on Metabolic Cost Optimization
2009-01-2562
07/12/2009
- Event
- Content
- An extravehicular activity (EVA) path-planning and navigation tool, called the Mission Planner, has been developed to assist with pre-mission planning, scenario simulation, real-time navigation, and contingency replanning during astronaut EVAs, The Mission Planner calculates the most efficient path between user-specified waypoints. Efficiency is based on an exploration cost algorithm, which is a function of the estimated astronaut metabolic rate. Selection of waypoints and visualization of the generated path are realized within a 3D mapping interface through terrain elevation models. The Mission Planner is also capable of computing the most efficient path back home from any point along the path.
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- Citation
- Johnson, A., Newman, D., Waldie, J., and Hoffman, J., "An EVA Mission Planning Tool based on Metabolic Cost Optimization," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-2562, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2562.