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NASA's new Mars Exploration Program: the trajectory of knowledge.

J B Garvin1, O Figueroa, F M Naderi

  • 1Mars Exploration Program, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA. jgarvin@hq.nasa.gov

Astrobiology
|November 27, 2002
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Area of Science:

  • Planetary Science
  • Astrobiology
  • Aerospace Engineering

Background:

  • The Mars Exploration Program (MEP) has been restructured to address challenges in deep space exploration.
  • Mars exploration is a priority for NASA's Office of Space Science in the new millennium.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the revamped Mars Exploration Program, including its guiding philosophies, key events, and scientific strategy.
  • To provide a roadmap for Mars exploration over the next 10-15 years from NASA's perspective.

Main Methods:

  • Integrated team of managers, scientists, and engineers crafted the revamped program.
  • Program design emphasizes risk attentiveness and resiliency.
  • Successful launch of the 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter.

Main Results:

  • The restructured Mars Exploration Program is underway with the launch of the Mars Odyssey Orbiter.
  • The program aims to understand the "new" Mars through scientific exploration.
  • The strategy is designed to be resilient to potential setbacks.

Conclusions:

  • The next decade of Mars exploration will lay the groundwork for future missions, including sample returns.
  • Exploration may reveal clues about potential past Martian life, preserved as chemical fossils.
  • The program's ultimate vision includes enabling the first human scientific expeditions to Mars.

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