Venus Landing Site Analysis

摘要

This work shows analysis performed relating to selecting a "safe" landing site for a future Venus lander mission. Existing surface panoramas from the Venera 9 and 13 landers were used in order to quantitatively define rock size distributions associated with these specific landing sites. Different methods were used in order to use existing orbital data sets and geological maps to extrapolate surface information associated with the Venera missions to the entire surface of Venus. Lastly, a mechanical design for a lander consistent with observed surface hazards was presented.