We are engaged in a NASA Vision Mission study, called Palmer Quest after the American Antarctic explorer Nathaniel Palmer, to assess the presence of life and evaluate the habitability of the basal domain of the Mars polar caps. We address this goal through four objectives: 1. Determine the presence of amino acids, nutrients, and geochemical heterogeneity in the ice sheet. 2. Quantify and characterize the provenance of the amino acids in Mars ice. 3. Assess the stratification of outcropped units for indications of habitable zones. 4. Determine the accumulation of ice, mineralogic material, and amino acids in Mars ice caps over the present epoch. Because of the defined scientific goal for the vision mission, the Palmer Quest focus is astrobiological; however, the results of the study make us optimistic that aggressive multi-platform in-situ missions that address a wide range of objectives, such as climate change, can be supported by variations of the approach used on this mission. Mission Overview: The Palmer Quest baseline


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    Titel :

    Palmer Quest: A Feasible Nuclear Fission "Vision Mission" to the Mars Polar Caps


    Beteiligte:
    Carsey, F. D. (Autor:in) / Beegle, L. W. (Autor:in) / Nakagawa, R. (Autor:in) / Elliott, J. O. (Autor:in) / Matthews, J. B. (Autor:in) / Coleman, M. L. (Autor:in) / Hecht, M. H. (Autor:in) / Ivaniov, A. B. (Autor:in) / Head, J. W. (Autor:in) / Milkovich, S. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2005-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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