Strategic Investment in Laboratory Analysis of Planetary Materials as Ground Truth for Solar System Exploration
Whitepaper #174 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: laboratory studies; other: sample return; primitive bodies
by Rhonda Stroud, Jessica Barnes, Larry Nittler, Juliane Gross, Jemma Davidson, Catherine Corrigan, Hope Ishii, Jamie Elsila Cook, Justin Filiberto, Samuel Lawrence, Michael Zolensky, Devin Schrader, Barbara Cohen, and Kevin McKeegan
Published onMar 18, 2021
Strategic Investment in Laboratory Analysis of Planetary Materials as Ground Truth for Solar System Exploration
We advocate for investment in laboratory analysis of planetary materials through curation and targeted expansion of planetary materials sample collections, training of the next generation of planetary materials analysts, and advancement of the state-of-the-art in sample analysis methods.