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Lunodrom (Simferopol-28, Crimea)

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Summary

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Location

Country
Crimea (disputed)
Coordinates
45.05, 33.89
Elevation (m)
200
Year first used as an analog
1968

Terrain and geology

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Climate

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Parameters matched

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Why it is an analog

First purpose-built rover-driver training ground.

Key differences: where the analogy breaks down

Small artificial yard in farmland; geopolitically inaccessible.

Experiments done

From 1968 Lunokhod drivers trained here to steer with slow-scan TV images and multi-second delays across artificial craters and boulders, before Lunokhod 1 and 2 (1970, 1973).

Experiments proposed

Historical only; tele-driving under delay could be repeated elsewhere.

How to adjust it

Not recommended (inaccessible); recreate the concept (delayed-video driving yard) at an open desert site.

Access

not provided

Hazards

not provided

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, "rub al khali", is about 3099.3 km away.

Stored v1 scores near Lunodrom (Simferopol-28, Crimea)
Score viewResultPercentileScoreDistance to tile (km)Overlap flag
Connecting Ridge C1, BaseGated outevery tile in range failed a land-cover gate; most common: vegetatednot providednot providednot providednot provided
Connecting Ridge C1, Landing and mobilityGated outevery tile in range failed a land-cover gate; most common: vegetatednot providednot providednot providednot provided
Connecting Ridge C1, Power and nightGated outevery tile in range failed a land-cover gate; most common: vegetatednot providednot providednot providednot provided
Shackleton rim, BaseGated outevery tile in range failed a land-cover gate; most common: vegetatednot providednot providednot providednot provided
Shackleton rim, Landing and mobilityGated outevery tile in range failed a land-cover gate; most common: vegetatednot providednot providednot providednot provided
Shackleton rim, Power and nightGated outevery tile in range failed a land-cover gate; most common: vegetatednot providednot providednot providednot 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.