Publication Date:
2017-10-02
Description:
For the past 30 years there has been a strong consensus within the international scientific community in favor of sending a network of geophysical landers to Mars to characterize the near-surface weather and climate, determine the large-scale atmospheric dynamics and explore the interior structure and composition. Despite this scientific support, there has been an unbroken string of proposed missions over the past fifteen years which have failed for programmatic reasons to progress beyond the design stage (Mars Network Mission, MESUR, Marsnet, InterMarsnet, NetLander). In this presentation, we review the scientific rationale and technical requirements for such a mission, and discuss current activities aimed toward its implementation.
Keywords:
Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
Type:
Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI, Part 2; LPI-Contrib-1234-Pt-2
Format:
application/pdf
