Title :
The Mars Pathfinder mission Internet-based WITS rover planning and simulation system
Author :
Backes, Paul G. ; Tso, Kam S. ; Tharp, Gregory K.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
The Web Interface for Telescience (WITS) is an Internet-based tool that the Mars Pathfinder mission used for both mission operations at JPL and public outreach. WITS enables the viewing of downlinked images and results in various ways, terrain feature measurement and annotation, and planning of daily mission activities. WITS is written in the Java language and is accessible by mission scientists and the general public via a web browser. The public can use WITS to plan and simulate their own rover missions. WITS will also be used in the planned 1998 lander and 2001 and 2003 rover missions to Mars
Keywords :
Internet; Mars; astronomical techniques; astronomy computing; client-server systems; digital simulation; image processing; user interfaces; 2001 rover mission; 2003 rover mission; JPL; Java language; Mars Pathfinder mission; Telescience; WITS rover planning; Web Interface; annotation; daily mission activities; downlinked images; planning; simulation; terrain feature measurement; Collaboration; Collaborative tools; Computer architecture; Data visualization; Internet; Java; Land use planning; Mars; Path planning; Process planning;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 1998 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Snowmass at Aspen, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4311-5
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.1998.687906
