Title: Identify applications of uncrewed spacecraft.
Course: Aerospace Technology I (21055-I) > Section: Living and Working in the Space Environment

Identification should include military and civilian applications and missions that can be accomplished more efficiently and/or more safely by uncrewed spacecraft, such as

- surveillance
- mapping
- communications
- weather
- navigation
- control systems
- space reconnaissance
- exploration (by telescope of planetary or visiting space objects or other space occurrences)
- rescue and recovery
- future uses.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why have all missions to Mars to date been uncrewed?
- Why are some missions crewed and others uncrewed?
- Why are uncrewed spacecraft more efficient than crewed spacecraft for certain applications?