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The NASA Roadmap to Ocean Worlds.

Amanda R Hendrix¹, Terry A Hurford², Laura M Barge³

¹1 Planetary Science Institute , Tucson, Arizona.

|October 23, 2018

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The NASA Roadmaps to Ocean Worlds (ROW) group prioritizes exploring icy moons like Europa and Enceladus. Achieving this requires more Earth-based research and collaboration between oceanographers.

Keywords:

Enceladus Europa NASA.Roadmap Titan Triton

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Area of Science:

Planetary Science
Astrobiology
Oceanography

Background:

The NASA Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) established the Roadmaps to Ocean Worlds (ROW) group.
ROW aims to create a scientific framework for exploring ocean worlds.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify and prioritize science objectives for ocean worlds exploration.
To guide the development of an Ocean Worlds exploration program over several decades.

Main Methods:

Summarizing the work of the OPAG ROW group.
Identifying and prioritizing targets for ocean worlds exploration.

Main Results:

Confirmed ocean worlds (Enceladus, Titan, Europa) are near-term priorities.
Triton is the highest priority candidate ocean world.
Significant Earth-based Research and Analysis are crucial for mission planning.

Conclusions:

An integrated Ocean Worlds Program requires input from Earth-based studies.
Enhanced collaboration between Earth and extraterrestrial ocean scientists is necessary.