Science strategy for Mars exploration

Details Science strategy for Mars exploration Science strategy for Mars exploration

Jan 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993dpmv.book..125c&link_type=abstract

In CNES, Missions, Technologies, and Design of Planetary Mobile Vehicles p 125-126 (SEE N94-23373 06-91)

Computer Science

Robotics

Mars (Planet), Mars Sample Return Missions, Planetary Mapping, Roving Vehicles, Space Exploration, Climatology, Exobiology, Mars Surface, Mission Planning, Planetary Geology, Robotics

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During the 1990's Mars exploration is expected to change from dominantly orbital reconnaissance to surface reconnaissance. Systematic mapping of the planet by the Mars Observer and Mars-94 orbiters will effectively complete global orbital characterization. Any future orbital observations will likely focus on support of surface missions, both robotic and human. Robotic surface missions have two goals: to improve our scientific understanding of the planet, and to prepare the way for eventual human exploration. The course of Mars exploration in the first decade of the next century will partly depend on which of these two goals dominates. The main goals of Mars science are as follows: to determine the mode of formation of the solid planet and how it evolved to its present state; to determine the climatic history of the planet; and to determine the nature of any indigenous biologic activity, past or present. The science goals are best achieved by a mix of missions including a network, rover missions, and sample return missions, all with global access. Our focus is on the crucial role of rovers in fulfilling both scientific and human exploration goals.

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