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About
Amanda Cook is a pioneering researcher in the field of planetary exploration, with a primary focus on lunar polar volatiles and In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU). Her work centers on developing the critical knowledge and operational architectures needed for robotic prospecting of water ice and other resources on the Moon. Cook’s major contributions stem from her leadership in the Mojave Volatiles Prospector (MVP) project, a terrestrial field campaign that served as a high-fidelity analog for a lunar polar rover mission. This work produced essential lessons learned for real-time, short-duration volatile exploration, directly informing mission architecture and payload design. Her research also extends to innovative, low-cost sensing technologies, as demonstrated by the Azure Kinect à La Luna (AKALL) project, which leverages modified RGB-depth cameras for efficient 3D reconstruction in space. With a cumulative citation count of 18 across her most-cited works, Cook’s impact is foundational for future human and robotic missions to the Moon, providing the operational blueprint for harvesting local resources to reduce mission cost and risk. Her work is instrumental in turning the promise of lunar polar ice into a tangible asset for sustained exploration.
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- 3Mojave Volatiles Prospector (MVP): Science and Operations Results from a Lunar Polar Rover Analog Field Campaign3 citations · 2015
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