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From page 674... ... 674 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE Nature of Study Requested The panel requested a full study (i.e., CML ~4–5) using the Venus Flagship as its starting point to investigate an alternative to concept emphasizing a focus on the current potential for life in the Venus clouds. Read the entire page →
From page 675... ... APPENDIX E 675 as well as an arm-mounted X-ray and Mössbauer spectrometers, and a microscope. The arm would carry a rockpowder acquisition system. Read the entire page →
From page 676... ... 676 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE Implementation This concept was proposed as a medium-class Saturn orbiter in a low-inclination orbit (pericenter 90,000–130,000 km to avoid both the F and main rings) Read the entire page →
From page 677... ... APPENDIX E 677 SOLAR SYSTEM SPACE TELESCOPE Origin and Goals This concept was proposed by a cross-panel group to promote new innovative science and to support and exploit discoveries made by past/current/future missions to specific targets. A space telescope dedicated to observations of solar system bodies would benefit the planetary science community by enabling capabilities beyond those of current astrophysics missions and provide more opportunities for high-priority solar system science studies. Read the entire page →
From page 678... ... Appendix F Glossary and Acronyms AAAC: Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee. Abiosignature: A characteristic that mimics a biosignature but is not associated with life. Read the entire page →
From page 679... ... APPENDIX F 679 Autotroph: An organism that utilizes inorganic sources as nutrition and energy sources. AVGR: NASA's Ames Vertical Gun Range. Read the entire page →
From page 680... ... 680 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE D/H ratio: Deuterium to hydrogen ratio. DAPR: Dual-anonymous peer review. Read the entire page →
From page 681... ... APPENDIX F 681 FIB: Focused ion beam. Flux: A measure of the energy or number of particles passing through unit area in unit time. Read the entire page →
From page 682... ... 682 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE IAA: International Academy of Astronautics. IAWN: International Asteroid Warning Network. Read the entire page →
From page 683... ... APPENDIX F 683 Lidar: Light detection and ranging. LIHT: Low irradiance, high temperature. Read the entire page →
From page 684... ... 684 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE Monomer: A subunit of a polymer, when bonded to other identical subunits. MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In Situ Resource Utilization Experiment) Read the entire page →
From page 685... ... APPENDIX F 685 Occultation: An event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer. Contrast with a transit, when a smaller object passes in front of a larger one. Read the entire page →
From page 686... ... 686 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE Photodissociation/Photolysis: The breakup of molecules through exposure to light. Phylogenetic: Relating to the study of the evolutionary diversification of organisms over time. Read the entire page →
From page 687... ... APPENDIX F 687 Rendezvous: Set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance. Retrograde: Orbital motion in the opposite sense to the rotation of Earth and most of the other planetary bodies in the solar system. Read the entire page →
From page 688... ... 688 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE SpecLib: Spectral Library. Spectral resolution: A measurement of the ability to resolve the features of an electromagnetic spectrum. Read the entire page →
From page 689... ... APPENDIX F 689 Trans-Neptunian Region: The region of space beyond Neptune's orbits. TRAPPIST: Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope. Read the entire page →
From page 690... ... Appendix G Biographical Information for Committee Members STEERING GROUP ROBIN M CANUP (Co-Chair) Read the entire page →
From page 691... ... APPENDIX G 691 Dr. Christensen has previously served as a member of the NRC's Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, served as chair of the Mars Panel of the NRC planetary science decadal survey in 2010–2011, and was co-chair of the NRC's Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science from 2012–2015. Read the entire page →
From page 692... ... 692 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE Habilitation to Direct Research from the University of Paris. Read the entire page →
From page 693... ... APPENDIX G 693 LARRY W ESPOSITO is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. Read the entire page →
From page 694... ... 694 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE and Europa Clipper. Read the entire page →
From page 695... ... APPENDIX G 695 and hydrogeology, the fate of carbon-bearing fluids and gases such as CO2, CH4, and H2 in ancient fracture waters in the Earth's crust, deep subsurface microbiology, and the remediation of surface drinking water supplies. Read the entire page →
From page 696... ... 696 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE on the Assessment of the Role of Solar and Space Physics in NASA's Space Exploration Initiative and has been a member of the Space Studies Board, the Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, and the Committee on International Space Programs. Read the entire page →
From page 697... ... APPENDIX G 697 invited speaker and is involved in panels, committees, scientific forums, and review panels. She is the recipient of various awards and was selected as one of the 50 most influential women of Forbes Israel in 2015. Read the entire page →
From page 698... ... 698 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE PANEL ON MARS VICTORIA E HAMILTON (Chair) Read the entire page →
From page 699... ... APPENDIX G 699 JOHN "JACK" W HOLT is a professor at the University of Arizona in the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and the Department of Geosciences. Read the entire page →
From page 700... ... 700 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE CLAIRE E NEWMAN is a research scientist and co-owner of Aeolis Research, a small private research company. Read the entire page →
From page 701... ... APPENDIX G 701 ultraviolet radiation and life, and the detectability of water and life on exoplanets. Wordsworth received an NSF CAREER award in 2018 and previously served as a committee member on NASA's Mars Architecture Strategy Working Group. Read the entire page →
From page 702... ... 702 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE WILLIAM M FARRELL is a plasma physicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in the Solar System Exploration Division. Read the entire page →
From page 703... ... APPENDIX G 703 the solar system. Prior to joining JPL, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Joint Center for Planetary Astronomy under the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology, and a graduate research associate at the University of Arizona. Read the entire page →
From page 704... ... 704 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE at the University of California, Berkeley. Read the entire page →

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... 674 ORIGINS, WORLDS, AND LIFE Nature of Study Requested The panel requested a full study (i.e., CML ~4–5) using the Venus Flagship as its starting point to investigate an alternative to concept emphasizing a focus on the current potential for life in the Venus clouds.