Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Mar 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011jcos...13.3765r&link_type=abstract
Journal of Cosmology, vol. 13, pp. 3765-3775
Mathematics
Logic
Europa, Titan, Enceladus, Flagship Mission, Priority
Scientific paper
In the last four decades, flyby probes, particularly the Voyager, Galileo, and Cassini missions, have revealed important features of the outer solar system. However, our understanding about planetary habitability and the relationship between the evolution of planets and the evolution of life has just beginning to be explored. In this context, the next great step in space science will be the exploration of the outer solar system, where planetary bodies have been emerging as potential habitable worlds. These environments provide an opportunity to extend the concept of planetary habitability (which was previously limited to Earth-like planets) and improve our understanding about the nature and distribution of habitable environments in the universe. The complexity of such endeavor requires large and expensive launch vehicles, long mission durations, highly reliable and autonomous spacecraft, and radioisotope power sources in most cases, which demand the definition of priorities and a long term exploration strategy. The present work discusses the astrobiological potential of planetary bodies in the outer Solar System in order to establish priorities for future missions.
Rampelott Pabulo Henrique
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