NASA NTRS · 20170001377
Developing Science Operations Concepts for the Future of Planetary Surface Exploration
Abstract
Through fly-by, orbiter, rover, and even crewed missions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been extremely successful in exploring planetary bodies throughout our Solar System. The focus on increasingly complex Mars orbiter and rover missions has helped us understand how Mars has evolved over time and whether life has ever existed on the red planet. However, large strategic knowledge gaps (SKGs) still exist in our understanding of the evolution of the Solar System (e.g. the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, Small Bodies Analysis Group, and Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group). Sending humans to these bodies is a critical part of addressing these SKGs in order to transition to a new era of planetary exploration by 2050.
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Young, K. E., Bleacher, J. E., Rogers, A. D., McAdam, A., Evans, C. A., Graff, T. G., Garry, W. B., Whelley,, Scheidt, S., Carter, L., Coan, D., Reagan, M., Glotch, T., Lewis, R.. 2017-02-27. Developing Science Operations Concepts for the Future of Planetary Surface Exploration. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20170001377
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