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Mars Surveyor Project Landing Site ActivitiesThe Mars Surveyor Program -- now a cooperative program led by NASA and CNES along with other international partners -- is underway. It has the primary science objective of furthering our understanding of the biological potential and possible biological history of Mars and has the complementary objective of improving our understanding of martian climate evolution and planetary history. The missions will develop technology and acquire data necessary for eventual human exploration. Launches of orbiters, landers and rovers will take place in 2001 and in 2003; in 2005 a complete system will be launched capable of returning samples to Earth by 2008. A key aspect of the program is the selection of landing sites. This abstract 1) reports on the status of the landing site selection process that begins with the 2001 lander mission and 2) outlines the opportunities for the Mars community to provide input into the landing site selection process.
Document ID
20000092080
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Gulick, V. C.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Briggs, Geoffrey
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Saunders, R. Stephen
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Gilmore, Martha
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Soderblom, Larry
(Geological Survey Flagstaff, AZ United States)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1999
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar and Planetary Science
Start Date: January 1, 1999
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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