Whitepaper #319 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: atmospheric/exospheric evolution; surface/geological evolution; Mars
by Scott Guzewich, James Abshire, Lynn Carter, Daniel Cremons, Lavender Hanson, David Hollibaugh Baker, Der-you Kao, Alain Khayat, Brook Lakew, Emily Mason, Rafael Rincon, Haris Riris, and Michael Smith
Published onMar 18, 2021
The Mars Atmospheric and Polar Science Mission
We encourage the Decadal Survey to include a Mars orbiting mission, comparable to MAPS, in the New Frontiers program. MAPS would achieve science objectives worthy of the New Frontiers program and is technically and fiscally achievable. Such a mission would represent a great leap in understanding Mars and prepare us for human exploration.
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