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59. B.L. Ehlmann, J.F. Mustard, S.L. Murchie, F. Poulet, J.L. Bishop, A.J. Brown, W.M. Calvin, R.N. Clark, D.J.D. Marais, and R.E. Milliken. 2008. Orbital identification of carbonate-bearing rocks on Mars. Science 322(5909):1828. 60. R.V. Morris, S.W. Ruff, R. Gellert, D.W. Ming, R.E. Arvidson, B.C. Clark, D.C. Golden, K. Siebach, G. Klingelhöfer, C. Schröder, I. Fleischer, A.S. Yen, and S.W. Squyres. 2010. Identification of carbonate-rich outcrops on Mars by the Spirit Rover. Science 329 no. 5990 pp. 421-424. 61. S. Stanley, L. Elkins-Tanton, M.T. Zuber, and E.M. Parmentier. 2008. Mars’ paleomagnetic field as the result of a single-hemisphere dynamo. Science 321(5897):1822. M.M. Marinova, O. Aharonson, and E. Asphaug. 2008. Mega-impact formation of the Mars hemispheric dichotomy. Nature 453(7199):1216-1219. 62. B.M. Jakosky and R.J. Phillips 2001. Mars’ volatile and climate history. Nature 412(6843):237-244. 63. J.C. Andrews-Hanna, M.T. Zuber, R.E. Arvidson, and S.J. Wiseman. 2010. Mars hydrology: Meridiani playa deposits and the sedimentary record of Arabia Terra. J. Geophys. Res. 115:E06002. doi: 10.1029/2009JE003485. 64. S.C. Solomon, O. Aharonson, J.M. Aurnou, W.B. Banerdt, M.H. Carr, A.J. Dombard, H.V. Frey, M.P. Golombek, S.A. Hauck, and J.W. Head III. 2005. New perspectives on ancient Mars. Science 307(5713):1214. S. Stanley, L. Elkins-Tanton, M.T. Zuber, and E.M. Parmentier. 2008. Mars’ paleomagnetic field as the result of a single-hemisphere dynamo. Science 321(5897):1822. 65. M.H. Carr. 2006. The Surface of Mars. Cambridge University Press. 66. L.S. Rothman, D. Jacquemart, A. Barbe, D.C. Benner, M. Birk, L.R. Brown, M.R. Carleer, C. Chackerian, Jr., K. Chance, L.H. Coudert, V. Dana, et al. 2005. The HITRAN 2004 molecular spectroscopic database. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy 96:139-204. 67. D.E. Smith, M.T. Zuber, H.V. Frey, J.B. Garvin, J.W. Head, D.O. Muhleman, G.H. Pettengill, R.J. Phillips, S.C. Solomon, H.J. Zwally, W.B. Banerdt, et al. 2001. Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter: Experiment summary after the first year of global mapping of Mars. J. Geophys. Res. 106: 23689-23722. 68. P.R. Christensen, J.L. Bandfield, V.E. Hamilton, S.W. Ruff, H.H. Kieffer, T. Titus, M.C. Malin, R.V. Morris, M.D. Lane, R.N. Clark, B.M. Jakosky, et al. 2001a. The Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer experiment: Investigation description and surface science results. J. Geophys. Res. 106:23823-23871. J.-P. Bibring, Y. Langevin, J.F. Mustard, F. Poulet, R. Arvidson, A. Gendrin, B. Gondet, N. Mangold, P. Pinet, F. Forget, and OMEGA team. 2006. Global mineralogical and aqueous Mars history derived from OMEGA/Mars Express data. Science 312:400-404, doi:410.1126/science.1122659. J.F. Mustard, S.L. Murchie, S.M. Pelkey, B.L. Ehlmann, R.E. Milliken, J.A. Grant, J.P. Bibring, F. Poulet, J. Bishop, and E.N. Dobrea. 2008. Hydrated silicate minerals on Mars observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM instrument. Nature 454(7202):305-309. S.L. Murchie, J.F. Mustard, B.L. Ehlmann, R.E. Milliken, J.L. Bishop, N.K. McKeown, E.Z.N. Dobrea, F.P. Seelos, D.L. Buczkowski, and S.M. Wiseman. 2009. A synthesis of martian aqueous mineralogy after 1 Mars year of observations from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. J. Geophys. Res. 114:E00D06. 69. M.C. Malin and K.S. Edgett. 2001. Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera: Interplanetary cruise through primary mission. J. Geophys. Res. 106:23429-23570. 70. A.S. McEwen, C.J. Hansen, W.A. Delamere, E.M. Eliason, K.E. Herkenhoff, L. Keszthelyi, V.C. Gulick, R.L. Kirk, M.T. Mellon, and J.A. Grant. 2007. A closer look at water-related geologic activity on Mars. Science 317(5845):1706. 71. G.A. Neumann, M.T. Zuber, M.A. Wieczorek, P.J. McGovern, F.G. Lemoine, and D.E. Smith. 2004. Crustal structure of Mars from gravity and topography. J. Geophys. Res. 109:E08002. PREPUBLICATION COPY—SUBJECT TO FURTHER EDITORIAL CORRECTION 6-38
72. White papers received by decadal survey: Bruce Banerdt, The Rationale for a Long-Lived Geophysical Network Mission To Mars; Thomas Ruedas, Seismological Investigations of Mars’s Deep Interior. 73. M.T. Rosing. 1999. 13C-depleted carbon microparticles in >3700-Ma sea-floor sedimentary rocks from West Greenland. Science 283:674-676. 74. A.H. Knoll and J. Grotzinger. 2006. Water on Mars and the prospect of martian life. Elements 2(3):169. 75. J.F. Kasting, D.P. Whitmire, and R.T. Reynolds. 1993. Habitable zones around main sequence stars. Icarus 101(1):108-128. 76. National Research Council. 2002. Safe on Mars: Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Martian Surface. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. 77. National Research Council. 1978. Strategy for the Exploration of the Inner Planets: 1977- 1987. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. National Research Council. 1990. The Search for Life’s Origins: Progress and Future Directions in Planetary Biology and Chemical Evolution. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. National Research Council. 1994. An Integrated Strategy for the Planetary Sciences: 1995-2010. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. National Research Council. 1997. Mars Sample Return: Issues and Recommendations. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. National Research Council. 2007. An Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. 78. Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG). 2001. Mars Scientific Goals, Objectives, Investigations, and Priorities. Available at http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/reports/index.html. L.M. Pratt, C. Allen, A.C. Allwood, A. Anbar, S.K. Atreya, D.W. Beaty, M.H. Carr, A. Crisp, D.J.D. Marais, J.A. Grant, D.P. Glavin, et al. 2009. Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher (MAX-C): A Potential Rover Mission for 2018. Final report from the Mid-Range Rover Science Analysis Group (MRR-SAG). Posted by the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG). November 10. Available at http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/reports/. Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group Next Decade Science Analysis Group. 2008. Science Priorities for Mars Sample Return. March. Available at http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/reports/ndsag.html. White papers received by decadal survey: Lars Borg, A Consensus Vision for Mars Sample Return; Jack Farmer, Astrobiology Research and Technology Priorities for Mars; Samad Hayati, Strategic Technology Development for Future Mars Missions; Bruce M. Jakosky, Are there Signs of Life on Mars? A Scientific Rationale for a Mars Sample-Return Campaign as the Next Step in Solar System Exploration; John F. Mustard, Seeking Signs of Life on a Terrestrial Planet: An Integrated Strategy for the Next Decade of Mars Exploration; Lisa Pratt, Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher (MAX-C): A Potential Rover Mission for 2018; Andrew Steele, Astrobiology Sample Acquisition and Return; Allan H. Treiman, Groundbreaking Sample Return from Mars: The Next Giant Leap in Understanding the Red Planet. 79. iMARS Working Group 2008. Preliminary Planning for an International Mars Sample Return Mission: Report of the International Mars Architecture for the Return of Samples (iMARS) Working Group. 80. White papers received by decadal survey: Lars Borg, A Consensus Vision for Mars Sample Return; Jack Farmer, Astrobiology Research and Technology Priorities for Mars; Samad Hayati, Strategic Technology Development for Future Mars Missions; Bruce M. Jakosky, Are there Signs of Life on Mars? A Scientific Rationale for a Mars Sample-Return Campaign as the Next Step in Solar System Exploration; John F. Mustard, Seeking Signs of Life on a Terrestrial Planet: An Integrated Strategy for the Next Decade of Mars Exploration; Lisa Pratt, Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher (MAX-C): A Potential Rover Mission for 2018; Andrew Steele, Astrobiology Sample Acquisition and Return; Allan H. PREPUBLICATION COPY—SUBJECT TO FURTHER EDITORIAL CORRECTION 6-39
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The National Academy of Sciences is
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COMMITTEE ON THE PLANETARY SCIENCE
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STAFF DAVID H. SMITH, Senior Progra
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Preface Strategic planning activiti
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statement of task’s call for “i
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Understand the Processes That Contr
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Executive Summary In recent years,
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however, that the Discovery program
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• Jupiter Europa Orbiter (descope
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TABLE ES.2 Medium Class Missions—
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Summary This report was requested b
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• Recent volcanic activity on Ven
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Mission Study Process and Technical
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Near the end of the past decade, NA
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• Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cach
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development, and descoped or cancel
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Plausible circumstances could impro
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Data Distribution and Archiving Dat
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Sample curation facilities are crit
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consider making equivalent systems
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committee concluded that for the mo
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alanced ground-based solar astronom
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1 Introduction to Planetary Science
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THE 2002 SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION D
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Medium The first decadal survey ide
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FIGURE 1.6 Victoria crater as image
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FIGURE 1.8 The mirror for the Large
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FIGURE 1.10 From a comet, to the de
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• The committee’s programmatic
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• Opportunities for joint venture
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FIGURE 1.14 Schematic showing the f
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2 National and International Progra
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FIGURE 2.3 Sand dunes on Mars photo
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FIGURE 2.6 A natural bridge on the
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investigations should still be deve
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FIGURE 2.10 The surface of Titan as
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3 Shared objectives that incorporat
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3 Priority Questions in Planetary S
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• How have the myriad chemical an
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How Did the Giant Planets and Their
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heavy bombardment? Clues to address
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Did Mars or Venus Host Ancient Aque
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detected in time. The report conclu
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How Have the Myriad of Chemical and
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13. P.R. Estrada, I. Mosqueira, J.J
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51. M.J. Mumma, G.L. Villanueva, R.
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4 The Primitive Bodies: Building Bl
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FIGURE 4.1 Asteroids and comet nucl
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• How do the compositions of pres
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Future Directions for Investigation
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Astrobiology is the study of the or
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Important Questions Some important
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observations of the outer parts of
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hazard. Asteroid 433 Eros, one of t
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BOX 4.1 The Discovery Program, Vita
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ody exploration can be achieved by
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34. H.H. Hsieh and D. Jewitt. 2006.
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FIGURE 5.1 Mercury, Venus, and the
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Constrain the Bulk Composition of t
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• Is there evidence of environmen
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Important Questions Some important
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organisms live there now?” Titan
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• Why are Titan and Callisto appa
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FIGURE 8.6 Multiple jets, dominated
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FIGURE 8.8 Schematic of the complex
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orbits of Io and Europa), and poten
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Cassini has revealed that most of t
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FIGURE 8.12 Galileo color image of
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Titan Saturn System Mission Many Ti
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9 Recommended Flight Investigations
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TABLE 9.2 Discovery Program Mission
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overarching questions in Chapter 3.
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should immediately undertake an eff
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(a) (b) FIGURE 9.1 Notional funding
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described above are the existing De
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10 Planetary Science Research and I
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Theoretical development and numeric
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history. And telescopic observation
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11 The Role of Technology Developme
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particular technology item. In gene
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The Requirement for Power Of all th
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proposals and populated by technolo
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Solar System Access and Other Core
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influence on the planetary science
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latter topics are treated in the NR
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main findings and recommendations s
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TABLE B.1 Institutional Distributio
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M. Gudipati, Laboratory Studies for
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Scott A. Sandford, The Comet Coma R
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were all full mission studies selec
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Schedule To aid in the assessment o
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FIGURE C.3 Complexity Based Risk As
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Lunar Lander Network⎯Four Landers
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Caching Mars Rover Mars Astrobiolog
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Mars Sample Return Lander and Mars
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Flagship‐class Europa Orbiter SOU
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Uranus Orbiter with Entry Probe SOU
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SUMMARY Linked technical, cost, and
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Overview The purpose of this rapid
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Technology development was found to
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• Characterize Ganymede’s uniqu
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landing in the small southern lakes
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atmospheric probe and another a sep
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FIGURE E.1 Projected budget for the
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Biosphere: The life zone of Earth o
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EPOXI: The name of the extended mis
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Late heavy bombardment: A postulate
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Nili Fossae region: A fracture in t
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Protoplanet: A planet in the proces
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Stardust: A spacecraft launched in
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G Mission and Technology Study Repo
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