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| Paper: |
Mars: Its Place in Solar System Exploration |
| Volume: |
272, The Future of Solar System Exploration, 2003-2013: Community Contributions to the NRC Solar System Exploration Decadal Survey |
| Page: |
155 |
| Authors: |
Moore, J.M.; Leshin, L.A.; Bogard, D.D.; Shearer, C.K.; Barlow, N.G.; Haldemann, A.F.C.; Wilson, R.J.; Weiss, B.P.; Treiman, A.H.; Clark, R.N.; Clifford, S.M. |
| Abstract: |
We concur with the NRC Committee on Planetary Exploration
that sample return should be the primary goal of the Mars Exploration
Program (MEP) and that several missions should be flown.
However, we have become convinced that to execute sample return, there
needs to be significant investment in technology development either
implicitly (e.g., Smart Lander) or explicitly as a line item in the MEP
budget. We also strongly recomment that Scout missions should be given
their own "sheltered" funding line. A minority of us note that it would
be very desirable to place a Synthetic Aperture (Imaging) Radar in orbit
about Mars. |
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