Whitepaper #049 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: other science themes: Interdisciplinary (multiple objects)
by Stefanie Milam, Jason P. Dworkin, Jamie E. Elsila, Daniel P. Glavin, Perry A. Gerakines, Julie L. Mitchell, Keiko Nakamura-Messenger, Marc Neveu, Larry Nittler, James Parker, Elisa Quintana, Scott A. Sandford, Joshua E. Schlieder, Rhonda Stroud, Melissa G. Trainer, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Andrew J. Westphal, Michael Zolensky, Dennis Bodewits, and Simon Clemett
Published onMar 18, 2021
Volatile Sample Return in the Solar System
We advocate for the realization of volatile sample return from various destinations including: small bodies, the Moon, Mars, ocean worlds/satellites, and plumes. Returning planetary volatiles poses unique and potentially severe technical challenges. These include preventing changes to samples during the mission lifetime.
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