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Completed TRL 3 (started at 1, targeting 3)
A collection of technical experts from industry, JPL, and academia met to brainstorm on ways that technical innovations in these fields, including the JPL microdevices lab, could be applied to address problems that astronauts face during field research, focusing on Martian astronaut suite technology.
The workshop focus was on Astronaut suit design with an emphasis on application to the surface of Mars. Astronauts and members of the Astronaut suite design team directly participated in the workshop.
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