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III—Exploration: Where to Go and What to Study, 7 Approaches to Research
III—Exploration: Where to Go and What to Study, 7 Approaches to Research
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For example, a particular set of organic compounds might be found in interstellar media. The same materials might occur in comets, and plausibly related materials could turn up in meteorites and on asteroids.
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If the solar system contained significant quantities of organic material from the outset, what consequences followed? Clearly, ongoing broad surveys of organic materials, particularly those that provide data that can establish relationships between diverse locales, should be encouraged.
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The selected research opportunities were then divided into three general categories based on the cost of the research and the time frame in which it could be carried out: · Ground-based studies that can be carried out in the very near term and for a minimal cost relative to the other recommended research; · Studies that can be carried out in the relatively near term -- 5 to 10 years -- and are also supported by the findings and recommendations of the NRC's 2003 solar system exploration decadal strategy report,1 which surveyed the broad community of scientists studying various aspects of the solar system, and, through a series of workshops and meetings, developed a roadmap of prioritized research for the next decade; and · Far-term research recommended for its potential to expand knowledge of carbon compounds in the solar system and that would probably be carried out 10 years or more in the future but might require some near term planning. This recommended research is ranked in terms of its potential for expanding knowledge of carbon compounds in the solar system and for its close relationship to research and missions currently in progress or recently completed.
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