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Exploring the Shallow Subsurface of Mars with Imaging Radar: Scientific Promise and Technical Rationale
Panel Selection:
Mars: Not Phobos and Deimos.
Institution:
Smithsonian Institution
Global information on martian near-surface features and physical properties represents a great untapped aspect of the search for habitable zones and evidence of past climate. Imaging radar measurements can penetrate several meters of mantling material and 10’s of meters into ice.