CHEESE - Swiss (CH) Exploration, Education & Science Endeavor

Point of contact: valentin.bickel@unibe.ch

CHEESE seeks to establish a formal, distributed network of Swiss researchers and science institutions interested in human and robotic science and exploration of the Moon and the inner solar system, including Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs). We call this network CHEESE – the Swiss (CH) Exploration, Education, and Science Endeavor. CHEESE seeks to affiliate with NASA SSERVI (on a no exchange of funds basis) and optimize national and international communication, collaboration, and education, building on existing national and international research projects. CHEESE topics of interest are well aligned with NASA SSERVI interests and include 1) Science and sensing instruments and experiments, 2) Sample science and handling, 3) Mobility and robotic systems, 4) Applications of machine learning, 5) Planetary science, comparative planetology, and habitability, 6) Missions and operations, and 7) In-situ resource utilization.

Current CHEESE partners are:

• University of Bern (Academic Host)

  • Center for Space and Habitability

  • Space Research & Planetary Sciences

• ETH Zurich

  • RobotX Center

  • Space Science and Technology

  • AI Center

  • Institute of Geophysics

  • Engineering Geology

• EPFL Lausanne

  • Institute of Electrical & Micro Engineering

  • Space Innovation

• University of Zurich

  • Space Hub

• University of Basel

  • Department of Environmental Sciences

• Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

  • Institute for Medical Engineering

  • Centre of Competences Autonomous Systems & Robotics

• Space Exploration Institute Neuchatel

• University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland

  • Institute of Systems Engineering

CHEESE seeks to welcome more partners in the future.