The proposed Mars Sample Return (MSR) Campaign would be the next big step in the Mars Exploration Program (MEP). Identified by the Planetary Decadal Survey of 2011 as the highest science priority for large missions, the Mars Program has been working in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) to define a campaign to return a surface sample of martian surface material to Earth for analysis. As currently envisioned, the MSR campaign concept consists of a series of flight missions to collect and return the sample, and a ground based project to develop a sample receiving facility. The first mission in this proposed campaign would be baselined for launch in 2018, and would consist of a rover capable of scientifically selecting and caching the sample for retrieval by a later mission. Subsequent missions would retrieve the cache, launch it into orbit around Mars, where it would be captured by an orbiter and returned to the Earth. This paper discusses the current status of the MSR Campaign architecture definition and requirements development and near term plans for technical definition and review. Also discussed are selected design drivers and proposed key requirements which would have to be addressed in the definition of the campaign.1, 2


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    Titel :

    Mars Sample Return campaign status


    Beteiligte:
    Nilsen, Erik (Autor:in) / Whetsel, Charles (Autor:in) / Mattingly, Richard (Autor:in) / May, Lisa (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.03.2012


    Format / Umfang :

    640668 byte





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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