Lava Beds National Monument
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Summary
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Location
- Country
- USA (California)
- Coordinates
- 41.71, -121.51
- Elevation (m)
- 1450
- Year first used as an analog
- 2016
Terrain and geology
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Climate
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Parameters matched
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Why it is an analog
Densest accessible lava-tube cluster used by NASA for cave robotics.
Key differences: where the analogy breaks down
Tubes are wetter and host microbes and ice; surface vegetated.
Experiments done
BRAILLE: robotic (CoSTAR/autonomy) lava-tube mapping, microbial mat sampling and life-detection instrument tests.
Experiments proposed
Autonomous rover/drones in tubes for lunar skylight exploration; radiation-shielding studies inside tubes; comms relay through skylights.
How to adjust it
Seal a tube section for thermal-vacuum-lite experiments; scatter simulant at entrances.
Access
not provided
Hazards
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Sources
Sources pending (no sources in CSV).
v1 score, percentile and overlap flag
A descriptive lookup of scores v1 already stored. It is not a test, and a high percentile here does not show that this is a good analog.
v1 used this site
No. The nearest v1 site, "mdrs utah", is about 982.5 km away.
| Score view | Result | Percentile | Score | Distance to tile (km) | Overlap flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecting Ridge C1, Base | Gated outevery tile in range failed a land-cover gate; most common: vegetated | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |
| Connecting Ridge C1, Landing and mobility | Gated outevery tile in range failed a land-cover gate; most common: vegetated | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |
| Connecting Ridge C1, Power and night | Gated outevery tile in range failed a land-cover gate; most common: vegetated | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |
| Shackleton rim, Base | Gated outevery tile in range failed a land-cover gate; most common: vegetated | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |
| Shackleton rim, Landing and mobility | Gated outevery tile in range failed a land-cover gate; most common: vegetated | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |
| Shackleton rim, Power and night | Gated outevery tile in range failed a land-cover gate; most common: vegetated | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |
Overlap flag: whether the tile used for the score is one v1 flagged as stable in its top group across the Monte Carlo runs.
What these scores can and cannot tell you
- This is a lookup of scores v1 already stored. It is descriptive and is not a test of the method.
- A site is matched to the best-scoring tile that passed the gates within the match radius. A different radius would give different numbers.
- Tiles are large compared with most sites, so a score describes the surrounding area, not the site itself.
- Scores exist only for tiles that passed the land-cover and data gates. A gated-out or unscored site has no score, which says nothing about how good an analog it is.
- Percentile is the share of scored tiles in that view with a lower score.
- The Moon score is effectively terrain only. Mars is a low-confidence secondary result.
- v1 failed its negative controls, so a high percentile here does not show that a site is a good analog.
- The ranking is not checked against independent data. Gravity, air, dust and radiation are not scored.
- Sites are compared with views of their own body only.
- Match radius: 20 km, the radius v1 used.