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Title: Seeking Signs of Life on a Terrestrial Planet: An Integrated Strategy for the Next Decade of Mars Exploration
Primary Author: John F. Mustard
Secondary Author(s): N/A
Institution: Brown University
Date: September 15, 2009
Summary: We propose an integrated strategy to implement missions of high scientific priority, as recommended by the last decadal survey, while still responding to new discoveries. The proposed step-by-step approach to sample return would provide a credible path and conduct important in situ science.
Panel Selection: Mars: Not Phobos and Deimos.
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