Assessment of Mars Science and Mission Priorities

Abstract

""FrontMatter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Interior and Crustal Structure and Activity""; ""3 Geochemistry and Petrology""; ""4 Stratigraphy and Chronology""; ""5 Surface Processes and Geomorphology""; ""6 Ground Ice, Groundwater, and Hydrology""; ""7 Life, Fossils, and Reduced Carbon""; ""8 Lower Atmosphere and Meteorology""; ""9 Climate Change""; ""10 Upper Atmosphere, Ionosphere, and Solar Wind Interaction""; ""11 Rationale for Sample Return""; ""12 Assessment of the Mars Exploration Program""; ""13 Conclusions""; ""Appendixes"" ""Appendix A The NASA Mars Exploration Program""""Appendix B Compilation of Recommendations Concerning Mars Exploration Made by COMPLEX and Other Advisory Groups""; ""Appendix C Acronyms""