Solar System Planetary Science Decadal Survey and missions in the next decade, 2013–2022

Author

Reh, Kim

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

5-12 March 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

14

Abstract

In 2010, the National Research Council Space Studies Board [1] established a decadal survey committee to develop a comprehensive science, mission, and technology strategy for planetary science that updates and extends the Board´s 2003 Solar System Exploration Decadal Survey, “New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy [2].” The scope of the survey encompasses the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, and Mars), the Earth´s Moon, the giant planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune), the moons of the giant planets, dwarf planets and small bodies, primitive bodies including comets and Kuiper Belt objects, and astrobiology.

Keywords

astronomical surveys; solar system; Kuiper Belt objects; National Research Council Space Studies Board; decadal survey committee; dwarf planets; giant planets; inner planets; integrated exploration strategy; primitive bodies; solar system exploration; solar system planetary science; technology strategy; Investments; Moon; NASA; Planets; Proposals; Solar system; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7350-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2011.5747292

Filename

5747292