Melas Chasma: Potential Landing Site for the Mars 2001 Mission

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Jan 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999misp.conf...31c&link_type=abstract

Workshop on Mars 2001: Integrated Science in Preparation for Sample Return and Human Exploration, p. 31

Physics

Landing Sites, Mars Surface, Mars Surveyor 2001 Mission, Mars (Planet), Mars Environment, Mission Planning, Mars Sample Return Missions, Topography, Geomorphology

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The French Working Group on landing site retained Melas Chasma, Valles Marineris among its highest priorities for in situ exploration of Mars. Therefore this region is proposed by the authors as one of the most interesting site for the 2001 mission. Its characteristics fit all the engineering constraints including landing ellipse and slopes. Since Valles Marineris seems to be unlikely to be selected as a landing site for the Mars Sample Return missions, the Mars Surveyor mission in 2001 will be the last opportunity in the next decade to improve what we know about Valles Marineris.

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