Interdisciplinary Research in Terraforming Mars: State of the Profession and Programmatics

Abstract

Required Short Abstract (350 characters) To support NASA's Human Exploration of Mars, programmatic considerations must be delineated in the Decadal. This white paper supports closing all strategic knowledge gaps. A sustainable human presence on Mars encompasses data, simulations, models, and considerations on how, with humans on the surface, Mars will be transformed or terraformed.