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6 Preparing for the Next Decadal Survey
6 Preparing for the Next Decadal Survey
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NASA, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and the planetary science community will all have to prepare for the next decadal survey, often in collaboration with each other. Some of this preparation, such as meetings of the various planetary analysis groups (AGs)
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In addition, there have been significant developments in nongovernment spaceflight such as the emergence of new launch providers and private initiatives to explore beyond low Earth orbit. Many of these new actors remain unproven, and their impact on the planetary science program is therefore hard to determine.
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(See Figure 6.2.) • A Mars Volatiles Orbiter would be a descoped version of the Next Mars Orbiter concept studies by NEX SAG, which addressed high-priority new Mars science involving recurrent slope lineae (RSL)
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Recommendation: NASA should sponsor 8 to 10 mission concept studies based on the list produced by the Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences, prioritized with input from the assessment and analysis groups, prior to the next decadal survey. Mission concept studies for large strategic (flagship)
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120 VISIONS INTO VOYAGES FOR PLANETARY SCIENCE IN THE DECADE 2013-2022 FIGURE 6.3 A prominent mound located on the western side of Cerealia Facula on Ceres can be seen in the upper left of this image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in June 2018. Future missions may land on Ceres.
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and CubeSats that have potential for deployment as secondary or "rideshare" payloads on launches beyond low Earth orbit. As discussed in Chapter 4, NASA has taken meaningful steps to begin to understand the potential for this scale of platform to address specific, limited, but useful planetary science objectives in the form of the Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration program.
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The 2017 National Academies report Powering Science -- NASA's Large Strategic Science Missions (NASEM, 2017a) , included recommendations on how to adjust the CATE process to provide for a range of cost and science
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PREPARING FOR THE NEXT DECADAL SURVEY 123 FIGURE 6.5 Artist's concept of the MARCO CubeSats developed for the InSight mission to Mars. SOURCE: Courtesy of NASA/JPL-CalTech.
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PLANETARY PROTECTION ISSUES A National Academies study was under way at the time of this report to recommend improvements to the planetary protection policy process. The international consensus planetary protection policy maintained by COSPAR is designed to promote rather than impede the exploration of the solar system.
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An independent review of the role and performance of both NAI and SSERVI prior to the next decadal survey could be of value to that study. Recommendation: A formal assessment by NASA of how well the program structure and funding of the virtual institutes are aligned with the Planetary Science Division's science goals should be conducted on a regular basis, appropriately phased to the cycle of decadal surveys and midterm reviews.
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REFERENCES NASEM (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
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