NASA Planetary Mission Concept Study: Assessing: Dwarf Planet Ceres' past and Present Habitability PotentialThe Dawn mission revolutionized our understanding of Ceres during the same decade that has also witnessed the rise of ocean worlds as a research and exploration focus. We will report progress on the Planetary Mission Concept Study (PMCS) on the future exploration of Ceres under the New Frontiers or Flagship program that was selected for NASA funding in October 2019. At the time this writing, the study was just kicked off, hence this abstract reports the study plan as presented in the proposal.
Document ID
20200001867
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Castillo-Rogez, J. C. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (CalTech) Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bland, M. T. (United States Geological Survey (USGS) Flagstaff, AZ, United States)
Buczkowski, D. L. (Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Hendrix, A. R. (Planetary Science Inst. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Miller, K. E. (Southwest Research Inst. San Antonio, TX, United States)
Prettyman, T. H. (Planetary Science Inst. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Quick, L.C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Scully, J. E. C. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (CalTech) Pasadena, CA, United States)
Sekine, Y. (Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo, Japan)
Sori, M. M. (Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Titus, T. (United States Geological Survey (USGS) Flagstaff, AZ, United States)
Williams, D. A. (Arizona State University Phoenix, AZ, United States)
Yano, H. (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan)
Zolensky, M. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Raymond, C. A. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (CalTech) Pasadena, CA, United States)
Brophy, J. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (CalTech) Pasadena, CA, United States)
Frazier, W. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (CalTech) Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lantoine, G. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (CalTech) Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lee, B. G. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (CalTech) Pasadena, CA, United States)
Kelley, M. S. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC, United States)