Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-01386, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Osinski, Gordon (The University of Western Ontario), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : The methods by which we explore space are changing rapidly, as are the entities. Once purely the realm of_x000D_
government space agencies, private industry is poised to play an ever increasing role in the exploration of_x000D_
space. A key reason for this is advances in miniaturization that have allowed increasingly capable missions_x000D_
with smaller spacecraft. This has opened up exciting new possibilities for the development of so-called_x000D_
nanomissions, which represent affordable opportunities for participation in the global endeavor for emerging_x000D_
space nations, commercial enterprise and even mature space nations with constrained budgets. A major_x000D_
challenge for nanorovers, i.e., platforms a few 10s kg, is the reduce payload space for scientific instruments._x000D_
Indeed, the total payload could be 2 kg or less, which compares to the 80 kg of payload for science instruments_x000D_
on NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Mars. This NSERC Engage grant aims to take the first steps in_x000D_
characterizing different measurement approaches and operational techniques that can be achieved with a small_x000D_
nanorover platform., program purpose french : The methods by which we explore space are changing rapidly, as are the entities. Once purely the realm of_x000D_
government space agencies, private industry is poised to play an ever increasing role in the exploration of_x000D_
space. A key reason for this is advances in miniaturization that have allowed increasingly capable missions_x000D_
with smaller spacecraft. This has opened up exciting new possibilities for the development of so-called_x000D_
nanomissions, which represent affordable opportunities for participation in the global endeavor for emerging_x000D_
space nations, commercial enterprise and even mature space nations with constrained budgets. A major_x000D_
challenge for nanorovers, i.e., platforms a few 10s kg, is the reduce payload space for scientific instruments._x000D_
Indeed, the total payload could be 2 kg or less, which compares to the 80 kg of payload for science instruments_x000D_
on NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Mars. This NSERC Engage grant aims to take the first steps in_x000D_
characterizing different measurement approaches and operational techniques that can be achieved with a small_x000D_
nanorover platform., agreement title english : Lunar science measurement approaches and operational techniques that can be achieved with nanorovers, agreement title french : Lunar science measurement approaches and operational techniques that can be achieved with nanorovers, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada