BIOMARS: A Foundational High-Resolution Environmental Sensor Array
Whitepaper #349 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: field studies; habitability and water; Mars
by Nathalie Cabrol, Lori K. Fenton, Kimberley Warren-Rhodes, John Hines, Nancy Hinman, Jeffrey Moersch, Pablo Sobron, David S. Wettergreen, Kris Zacny, Margaret Race, Jesus Martinez-Frias, Flora Paganelli, Jen Blank, Geoffrey Landis, Alberto Fairen, Dale Andersen, Janice Bishop, Richard Cartwright, Anthony Dobrovolskis, Mark Elowitz, Inge Loes ten Kate, Carl Shneider, Virginia Gulick, Doug Caldwell, Bill Diamond, and Timothy Michaels
Published onMar 18, 2021
BIOMARS: A Foundational High-Resolution Environmental Sensor Array
BIOMARS will deploy clusters of small, high-resolution, environmental sensor nodes over Mars’ surface. The mission concept fills key knowledge gaps in astrobiology, global circulation models, planetary protection, and will support human exploration.
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