Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the - Solar System ...
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TABLE 9.4 Crosscutt<strong>in</strong>g Themes, Key Questions <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Missions <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Recommended Plan That<br />
Address Them (see Table 3.1 <strong>in</strong> Chapter 3 <strong>for</strong> comparison)<br />
Crosscutt<strong>in</strong>g Theme Priority Questions Missions<br />
Build<strong>in</strong>g New<br />
Worlds<br />
1. What were <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>itial stages <strong>and</strong><br />
conditions <strong>and</strong> processes of solar system<br />
<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> nature of <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>terstellar<br />
matter that was <strong>in</strong>corporated?<br />
2. How did <strong>the</strong> giant planets <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
satellite systems accrete, <strong>and</strong> is <strong>the</strong>re<br />
evidence that <strong>the</strong>y migrated to new orbital<br />
positions?<br />
3. What governed <strong>the</strong> accretion, supply of<br />
water, chemistry, <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternal<br />
differentiation of <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>ner planets <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
evolution of <strong>the</strong>ir atmospheres, <strong>and</strong> what<br />
roles did bombardment by large projectiles<br />
play?<br />
<strong>Planetary</strong> Habitats 4. What were <strong>the</strong> primordial sources of<br />
organic matter, <strong>and</strong> where does organic<br />
syn<strong>the</strong>sis cont<strong>in</strong>ue today?<br />
Work<strong>in</strong>gs of <strong>Solar</strong><br />
<strong>System</strong>s<br />
5. Did Mars or Venus host ancient aqueous<br />
environments conducive to early life, <strong>and</strong><br />
is <strong>the</strong>re evidence that life emerged?<br />
6. Beyond Earth, are <strong>the</strong>re modern habitats<br />
elsewhere <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> solar system with<br />
necessary conditions, organic matter,<br />
water, energy, <strong>and</strong> nutrients to susta<strong>in</strong> life,<br />
<strong>and</strong> do organisms live <strong>the</strong>re now?<br />
7. How do <strong>the</strong> giant planets serve as<br />
laboratories to underst<strong>and</strong> Earth, <strong>the</strong> solar<br />
system, <strong>and</strong> extrasolar planetary systems?<br />
8. What solar system bodies endanger <strong>and</strong><br />
what mechanisms shield Earth’s<br />
biosphere?<br />
9. Can underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> roles of physics,<br />
chemistry, geology, <strong>and</strong> dynamics <strong>in</strong><br />
driv<strong>in</strong>g planetary atmospheres <strong>and</strong><br />
climates lead to a better underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g of<br />
climate change on Earth?<br />
10. How have <strong>the</strong> myriad chemical <strong>and</strong><br />
physical processes that shaped <strong>the</strong> solar<br />
system operated, <strong>in</strong>teracted, <strong>and</strong> evolved<br />
over time?<br />
CSSR, Trojan Tour <strong>and</strong><br />
Rendezvous, Discovery missions<br />
JEO, Uranus Orbiter <strong>and</strong> Probe,<br />
Trojan Tour <strong>and</strong> Rendezvous, Io<br />
Observer, Saturn Probe, Enceladus<br />
Orbiter<br />
Mars Sample Return, Venus In Situ<br />
Explorer, Lunar Geophysical<br />
Network, Lunar South Pole-Aitken<br />
Bas<strong>in</strong> Sample Return, Trojan Tour<br />
<strong>and</strong> Rendezvous, CSSR, Venus<br />
Climate Mission, Discovery<br />
missions<br />
Mars Sample Return, JEO, Uranus<br />
Orbiter <strong>and</strong> Probe, Trojan Tour <strong>and</strong><br />
Rendezvous, CSSR, Enceladus<br />
Orbiter, Discovery missions<br />
Mars Sample Return, Venus In Situ<br />
Explorer, Venus Climate Mission,<br />
Discovery missions<br />
Mars Sample Return, JEO,<br />
Enceladus Orbiter, Discovery<br />
missions<br />
JEO, Uranus Orbiter <strong>and</strong> Probe,<br />
Saturn Probe<br />
CSSR, Discovery missions<br />
Mars Sample Return, JEO, Uranus<br />
Orbiter <strong>and</strong> Probe, Venus In Situ<br />
Explorer, Saturn Probe, Venus<br />
Climate Mission, Discovery<br />
missions<br />
All recommended missions<br />
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