title: Onboard Science Insights and Vehicle Dynamics from Scale-Model Trials of the Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) Capsule at Laguna Negra, Chile.
abstract: A scale model of the proposed Titan Mare Explorer capsule was deployed at the Planetary Lake Lander field site at Laguna Negra, Chile. The tests served to calibrate models of wind-driven drift of the capsule and to understand its attitude motion in the wave field, as well as to identify dynamic and acoustic signatures of shoreline approach. This information enables formulation of onboard trigger criteria for near-shore science data acquisition. Key Words: Titan-Vehicle dynamics-Science autonomy-Lake. Astrobiology 18, 607-618.
authors.affiliation: 1 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory , Laurel, Maryland.
authors.forename: Ralph D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.affiliation: 2 NASA Ames Research Center , Moffett Field, California.
authors.forename: Nathalie A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Cabrol
mesh_terms: D002677:Chile; D018559:Exobiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D060106:Lakes; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D018539:Saturn