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Designed for the Deep Space Explorer (DSE) missions, the Ground Exploration Vehicle (GEV) is a fast, compact and resistant vehicle that can be deployed to harsh environmental conditions, acting either as a crew/equipment transporter or as a mobile research station.
MAIN FEATURES
- Per-wheel high torque engines
- Variable height independent suspensions
- Customizable instruments rack
- Thermal Protective Layered Material (TPLM) hull ensures a light and strong structure
- Cosmic Radiation Magnetic Shields (CRMS) for crew protection
- Foldable wheels to reduce transportation area
- Automatic retractable parachutes for air deployment
- Can be used as a life support vessel on emergencies
SPECIFICATIONS
Crew: 2 (up to 4)
Weight: 1.3 ton
Max. Speed: 210 km/h
Acceleration: 0-100 in 4.7 sec.
Length: 7.92 m (extended), 5.6 m (folded)
Width: 5.72 m
Height: 2.5 m
Engine: Four 235 hp DC Brushless Drive
Fuel: Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Core instruments: UHD color/infrared long range/close range cameras, Magnetometer, Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD), Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIS), Photopolarimeter (PPM), Atmospheric/Meteorology Package (AMP)
Inspired by the Mars 9 Rover rendering by Igor Sobolevsky.
I've only seen maybe half a dozen goslings this spring, three of them at the Zoo. The place I used to get some photos, Carburn Park, oiled the Canada Geese eggs this year, and only three of them seem to have been so well hidden that the oilers missed them. I gather people complained about all the mess that the Geese leave behind on the grass and paths. Messy birds, yes, but it still seems rather harsh to deprive the Geese of having and raising families for just that reason. Give me the goslings any day - I'd be happy to watch where I'm stepping.
Sculpture panel from the Navy Memorial in Washington DC - Exploration, Oceanography, Research
Navy Lieutenany Charles Wilkes In Antartica - 1840
Sculptor: Antonio Tobias Mendez
Part of the Tasmanian World Heritage Area, the Walls of Jerusalem National Park is one of finest wilderness areas of the island. The mountains of the Walls of Jerusalem are so spectacular it once took biblical names to describe them: Solomon's Throne, King David's Peak, Mt. Jerusalem, or the Temple.
With the neighbouring Cradle Mountain area the park shares many of its characteristics – a series of craggy dolerite peaks that enclose a central basin with alpine tarns, pencil pine forests and open moorland. What sets the Walls of Jerusalem apart from Cradle Mountain is the lack of visitors - the only way in is on foot, with walking tracks approaching the Walls from several directions.
A rather small and secluded national park, the Walls of Jerusalem is a destination still off the beaten path, suitable for a shorter trip with a few overnight stays. The footpaths in the park are well maintained, though more advanced routing options (e.g. Zion Gate and Zion Vale) would require gaiters since some of the less frequented tracks are overgrown by dense scrub.
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Having returned from South Coast Track to Hobart couple of days ago, we drove to northern Tasmania during a period of changeable weather, and seeing a promising sunny weather window being forecast over Christmas break we took our chances and set out on a 4-days long hiking trip across the national park, an area I've been aware since my Overland track crossing couple of years ago.
We took the trip easy; our daily portions were just around 10 kilometres per day. The less we hiked with backpacks on our shoulders, the more we enjoyed the landscape given the sunny weather that was of a constant bliss throughout the trip.
NASA InSight Mars Lander (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) media briefing, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. InSIght will land on the Red Planet at approximately 3 p.m. EST (noon PST) Monday, Nov. 26. InSight will study the deep interior of Mars to learn how all celestial bodies with rocky surfaces, including Earth and the Moon, formed. The lander’s instruments include a seismometer to detect marsquakes and a probe to monitor the flow of heat in the planet's subsurface. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Modifications continue on the Mobile Launcher, or ML, at the Mobile Launcher Park Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Scaffolding, or work platforms, have been installed around the base of the tower on the ML to continue upgrades and modifications to the structure. The ML is being modified and strengthened to accommodate the weight, size and thrust at launch of NASA's Space Launch System, or SLS, and Orion spacecraft. The ML is one of the key elements of ground support equipment that is being upgraded by the Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy. The ML will carry the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to Launch Pad 39B for its first uncrewed mission, Exploration Mission-1, in 2018. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
A new work platform, Platform J, rests in a staging area outside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The platform was fabricated by Steel LLC of Scottdale, Georgia, and assembled by Sauer Co. in Oak Hill, Florida. A contract to modify High Bay 3 in the VAB was awarded to Hensel Phelps Construction Co. of Orlando, Florida, in March 2014. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing upgrades and modifications to the high bay to support processing of NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and other exploration vehicles. A total of 10 levels of new platforms, 20 platforms altogether, will surround the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft and provide access for testing and processing in High Bay 3. Photo credit: NASA/Matthew Porter
Research suggests that marine invertebrates produce more antibiotic, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory substances than any group of land-based critters. The cure for cancer could lie deep below the ocean, but we won’t find it if we aren’t looking for it.
On July 19-20, follow along LIVE as top ocean explorers map out the future of ocean exploration at the Ocean Exploration 2020 National Forum. There will even be opportunities for YOU to join the conversation and provide input. For more info, see: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/oceanexploration2020/welcome.html
“The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.” Don Williams Jr.
submitted to 100 words
38/100 words: exploration
You know some drinks that don't taste alcoholic are loaded with alcohol. It's the same with abandoned rooms. The less "old" they smell the long they have been abandoned.
Second urban exploration adventure with James.
The Grange is a burned out Victorian residential care home in Stamford Bridge Yorkshire.
There have been several arson attacks since it fell into disrepair and the building carries the stench of fire throughout.
Self portrait in my exploration. I setted up a couple of light one to the ceiling and one reflecting on the right
This would be a top attraction at a poor man's museum.
Mission: Space
EPCOT
Walt Disney World, FL
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