Martian Spring
Global Overview: Returned Astrobiology Sample Mission Architectures
This paper presents a global overview of current, planned and proposed sample missions. At present, missions are in progress to return samples from asteroids, comets and the interstellar medium. More missions are planned to Mars and the asteroids. Future sample return missions include more target...
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Martian Spring
Mission Architecture Considerations for Mars Returned Sample Handling Facilities
NASA must hold samples returned from Mars in quarantine until the Sample Science Team determines their biological character and safety. A significant challenge, unique to NASAís needs, is how to contain the samples (to protect the
biosphere) while simultaneously protecting their pristine nature ...
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Martian Spring
Design Development Strategy for the Mars Surface Astrobiology Laboratory
The crucial challenge to astrobiology research on Mars is for the astronaut crews to conduct the search for life past and present from a Mars surface base. The Mars base will require a highly specialized astrobiology science laboratory to facilitate this research. This paper presents an increment...
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Martian Spring
Mars Surface Science Laboratory Accommodations and Operations
The NASA Mars Exploration Design Reference Mission asserts two equal goals: scientific exploration of Mars and human habitation on Mars. However, at present, the Mars Design Reference Mission does not provide a substantive accommodation for the science component of Mars Exploration. This essay de...
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Martian Spring
Astrobiology -- the Search for Life -- is a Primary Driver for the Exploration of Mars
Much of Mars mission planning, both without and with humans on the surface, must consider the possibility of finding biological potential -- active or passive. This workshop presentation focused on humans using a pressurized rover concept to collect samples that might contain evidence of life ...
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Spaceship Earth
Buckminster Fuller -- Spaceship Earth
Another relevant quotation from Bucky would be: "How much does your house weigh?"
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Always The Temptress
Always The Temptress
The impossible exciting thrilling wonder of reallife astro space engineering sciences physics presented here in story format to you the reader for your ( Mr. Spock "fascinating" ? :-) cleverconsidering the possibilities edutainment inspiration
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NASA Exploration Science Forum
Sorry for the late posting, but the NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) will be holding the 2018 NASA Exploration Science Forum at Ames Research Center this week, June 26-28.
https://nesf2018.arc.nasa.gov/program
The proceedings will be broadcast live here:...
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Do we really know what we think we know about Near Earth Asteroids (NEOs)?
The actual problem with the NEOwise database appears to be that NASA has not yet proposed (and Congress has not funded) a serious and capable search and monitoring system for NEOs. The key measure of detection is to identify and track all Earth-crossing asteroids down to a relatively small size ...
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