The aim of this research is to identify promising targets from the large number of known NEOs that qualify for a manned sample-return mission with a maximum duration of one year.
For example, we do not need a manned expedition to return samples from an asteroid.
The JAMSTEC project, a collaboration with USGS and other agencies, utilized manned submersibles, remotely operated underwater vehicles, dredge samples, and core samples.
We used push corers during manned submersible dives to obtain sediment samples of up to 30 cm from the subseafloor at the Oomine Ridge.
Van Dover: Yes, the first vents were recognized in 1976, then verified by a manned submersible vehicle in 1977, which collected samples.
One possible scenario to look for life on Mars involves a series of unmanned missions culminating with a manned mission drilling deep into the Martian subsurface (∼3Km), collecting samples, and conducting preliminary analyses to select samples for return to earth.
The US scientists used an automated submersible, Sentry, and a manned robotic-armed vehicle, Alvin, to obtain images and samples at a depth of more than 1,300 metres.
We sampled Leptoseris spp. in Hawaii via manned submersibles across a depth range of 67 - 100 m.
The first is a heavy Mars sample return mission and the second is a manned mission to a high Earth orbit or eventually to the vicinity of the Moon.
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The plan announced Thursday calls for launching a space lab and collecting samples from the moon, all by 2016, along with a more powerful manned spaceship and space freighters.
