Whitepaper #014 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: life and prebiotic organics; primitive bodies; solar system formation, dynamics processes, and chronology
by Andrew Westphal, Larry R. Nittler, Rhonda Stroud, Michael E. Zolensky, Nancy L. Chabot, Neil Dello Russo, Jamie E. Elsila, Scott A. Sandford, Daniel P. Glavin, Michael E. Evans, Joseph A. Nuth, Jessica Sunshine, Ronald J. Vervack, Jr., and Harold A. Weaver
Published onMar 18, 2021
Cryogenic Comet Sample Return
High-priority science questions can be addressed by coordinated mineralogical, petrological, chemical and isotopic analyses of cometary materials from a cryogenic sample in which the ices are preserved. Cryocooler technology now has extensive heritage on spacecraft. This is a game-changer for cryogenic cometary sample return.
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