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In the near future, human astronauts and researchers will travel the distance to Mars to establish various research centers and habitats there, requiring a continuous supply from Earth. In light of the cost and complexity of orchestrating supply missions for each individual research center, and the uneven Martian terrain, a potentially efficient and practical approach for delivering supplies involves first dropping supplies to a single distribution center and then transporting them from there to the locations of interest by air using drones. To evaluate the feasibility and performance of our proposed drone-based Martian supply approach, we are considering both fixed-wing and rotor-wing drones of varying payload capacities, charging times, and ranges based on currently existing aircraft designs in our simulation study.
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Oral presentation
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