arXiv:2604.20910astro-ph.IMastro-ph.EP2026-04

用可自适应的软件定义航天系统,实现一次任务探索外太阳系多个未知世界。

Planetary Exploration 3.0: A Roadmap for Software-Defined, Radically Adaptive Space Systems

论文配图:Planetary Exploration 3.0: A Roadmap for Software-Defined, Radically Adaptive Space Systems
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  • 通过软件定义技术让航天器在飞行中动态调整功能,应对未知环境。
  • 提出三类新任务概念:海王星/提坦智能飞掠、海洋世界探测、奥尔特云侦察。
  • 适合关注深空探索范式变革的科研人员与航天工程师。

火星以外的天体表面和地下仍大多未被探索,却可能蕴含生命宜居环境或古老记录。过去以渐进方式开展的行星探测(称作PE 2.0)在遥远外太阳系不可行,因航程长达十年以上,无法进行迭代任务。本文提出“行星探索3.0”(PE 3.0)新范式:由单一或少数任务,借助可大幅自适应的软件定义航天系统(SDSS),在实地数据驱动下完成初始探索与后续假设验证。该系统具备全层级软件可重构能力,能自主演化应对未知环境。基于凯克空间研究所(KISS)研讨会成果,本文涵盖:1)系统工程方法论;2)可重构硬件、多功能性与模块化等技术;3)自主科学、导航、控制及具身人工智能;4)三个任务概念:海王星/提坦智能飞掠、海洋世界探测器、奥尔特云侦察任务。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

The surface and subsurface of worlds beyond Mars remain largely unexplored. Yet these worlds hold keys to fundamental questions in planetary science - from potentially habitable subsurface oceans on icy moons to ancient records preserved in Kuiper Belt objects. NASA's success in Mars exploration was achieved through incrementalism: 22 progressively sophisticated missions over decades. This paradigm, which we call Planetary Exploration 2.0 (PE 2.0), is untenable for the outer Solar System, where cruise times of a decade or more make iterative missions infeasible. We propose Planetary Exploration 3.0 (PE 3.0): a paradigm in which unvisited worlds are explored by a single or a few missions with radically adaptive space systems. A PE 3.0 mission conducts both initial exploratory science and follow-on hypothesis-driven science based on its own in situ data returns, evolving spacecraft capabilities to work resiliently in previously unseen environments. The key enabler of PE 3.0 is software-defined space systems (SDSSs) - systems that can adapt their functions at all levels through software updates. This paper presents findings from a Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) workshop on PE 3.0, covering: (1) PE 3.0 systems engineering including science definition, architecture, design methods, and verification & validation; (2) software-defined space system technologies including reconfigurable hardware, multi-functionality, and modularity; (3) onboard intelligence including autonomous science, navigation, controls, and embodied AI; and (4) three PE 3.0 mission concepts: a Neptune/Triton smart flyby, an ocean world explorer, and an Oort cloud reconnaissance mission.

行星探索软件定义深空探测自主系统

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