Rigorous selection of a landing site for a Martian rover plays a crucial role in the success of the mission because it guides the rover to a location on Mars where the science objectives can be best achieved. Selecting an optimal site is a complex multi-objective optimization problem enumerating a vast number of criteria.
During this activity, we focus on certain surface-related parameters, including elevation, latitude and slopes in order to extract an optimal landing sites for a Martian rover! Do you think that’s an easy task? Let's find out!
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