Geology and Landing Sites of the Elysium Basin-Terra Cimmeria Region, Mars

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Jun 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999msls.work...71n&link_type=abstract

Second Mars Surveyor Landing Site Workshop, p. 71

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Mars Surveyor 2001 Mission, Landing Sites, Exobiology, Site Selection, Mars Surface, Planetary Geology, Topography

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Of key importance to future Mars missions is the search for evidence of past or present life. Potential sites for the 2001 lander are limited to low latitudes and elevations < 2.5 km because of engineering constraints. We have identified landing sites that hold high priority for astrobiology that fall within these constraints. Three of the potential sites are in the Elysium Basin-Terra Cimmeria region, an area that has experienced a prolonged and complex hydrologic history. We recommend these sites be targeted early for high resolution orbital imaging and spectral mapping.

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