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Goals Document: Recent Updates and Future Plans

This document outlines the recent updates and future plans for the Goals Document of MEPAG, including committee representative changes and revisions to the goals. Community input was solicited for the revisions, and the document incorporates the results of various studies. Future plans include updating investigation descriptions and priorities in light of mission results and incorporating new findings.

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Goals Document: Recent Updates and Future Plans

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  1. Goals Document:Recent Updates and Future Plans • MEPAG #26 • 4 October 2012 • Vicky Hamilton, Chair • hamilton@boulder.swri.edu • NOTE ADDED BY JPL WEBMASTER: This content has not been approved or adopted by, NASA, JPL, or the California Institute of Technology. This document is being made available for information purposes only, and any views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of NASA, JPL, or the California Institute of Technology.

  2. Overview • Committee representative changes • Goals Document Revisions • Future Activities

  3. Committee Representative Changes • Goal I (Life) • Tori Hoehler (NASA Ames) • Frances Westall (CNRS) • Goal II (Climate) • Scot Rafkin (SwRI) • Paul Withers (BU) • Goal III (Geology and Geophysics) • Steve Ruff (ASU) replacing Vicky Hamilton • Aileen Yingst (PSI) replacing Jeff Plescia • Goal IV (Prepare for Human Exploration) • Darlene Lim (NASA Ames) • TBD replacing Abhi Tripathi • Dave Beaty and Charles Budney - Mars Program Office

  4. Goals Document Revisions • Community input solicited via MEPAG mailing list (9/28/12), Planetary Exploration Newsletter (9/30/12), handouts at this meeting • Proposed revisions to Goal III incorporate results of MEPAG NET-SAG study, completed March 2010 • Edits to language of Investigations IIIA-7 (Crust) and IIIB-1 (Interior) • Update Goal IV to bring it into alignment with the results of the MEPAG P-SAG (Precursor Science Analysis Group), completed mid-2012 • Major reworking of Goal IV text

  5. Goal IV - Incorporate Precursor SAG • Prepare for human exploration of Mars • P-SAG report structured in the form of descriptions of “strategic knowledge gaps” and “gap-filling activities”, along with an update to our understanding of their priority and required timing • Edits incorporate this style and revised priorities

  6. Goal IV Update Schematic 2010 version 2012 version 1A Atmosphere for EDL 1A Atmosphere for EDL 1B Biohazards 1B Biohazards 2B Forward Planetary Protection 2E Forward Planetary Protection 2A Dust - engineering effects 3A Orbital particulates *NEW* 2B Radiation 3B Radiation 2C Dust toxicity 3C Dust toxicity 2D Atmospheric electricity 3D Regolith properties *NEW* 2A ISRU Atmosphere & Water 3E Landing site hazards 4A Atmospheric electricity 3 Dust - engineering effects 4B ISRU Atmosphere 4 Landing site hazards 5 ISRU Water

  7. Future Goals Updates • Near-term activity • Identify new Goal IV representative (in progress) • Mid-term activities (kickoff summer 2013) • Update investigation descriptions and priorities for Goal I (Life) and Goal IIIA (Crust) in light of MSL results and to feed into 2018-2020 planning • Long-term activities (2015-2018) • Update investigation descriptions and priorities for Goal II (Climate) to incorporate results from MAVEN • Update Goal IIIB (Interior) to incorporate InSight results

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