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A budget phasing approach to Europa Jupiter System Mission Science
A commercially-leveraged, science-focused, lunar exploration program
A Consensus Vision for Mars Sample Return
A Decadal Shift: From Space Exploration Science to Space Utilization Science
A dedicated space observatory for time-domain solar system science
A Dual Satellite Mission Concept for Martian Climate and Chemistry
A Survey of the Technologies Necessary for the Next Decade of Small Body and Planetary Exploration
Active Seismology of Asteroids through Impact and/or Blast Loading
Advanced Titan Balloon Design Concepts
An Astrobiological Lens on Planetary System Science
Astrobiological Research Priorities for Titan
Astrobiology in Europa and Jupiter System Mission (EJSM)
Astrobiology Priorities for Planetary Science Flight Missions
Astrobiology Research and Technology Priorities for Mars
Astrobiology Research Priorities for Exoplanets
Astrobiology Research Priorities for Mercury, Venus, and the Moon
Astrobiology Research Priorities for Primitive Asteroids
Astrobiology Research Priorities for the Outer Solar System
Astrobiology Sample Acquisition and Return
Astrodynamics Research and Analysis Funding
Atmosphere as Sign of Life
Atmospheric Science Research Priorities for Mars
Balloon-Borne Telescopes for Planetary Science: Imaging and Photometry
Binary and Multiple Systems
Cassini-Huygens Solstice Mission
Chiron Orbiter Mission
Comet Surface Sample Return (CSSR) Mission
Comparative Planetary Climate Studies
Constraining Solar System impact history and evolution of the terrestrial planets with exploration of and samples from the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin
Cryogenic Comet Nucleus Sample Return (CNSR) Mission Technology Study
Data Management, Preservation and the Future of PDS
Determining the origins of lunar remanent crustal magnetism
Developing Sample Return Technology using the Earth''s Moon as a Testing Ground
Development of Capabilities and Instrumentation for Curation and Analysis of Returned Samples
Earth-Based Observational Support for Spacecraft Exploration of Outer-Planet Atmospheres
Effect of Star-burst on Sun-Earth environment
Electromagnetic Sounding of Solid Planets and Satellites
Enceladus Flyby Sample Return, LIFE (Life Investigation For Enceladus)
Enceladus Orbiter
Ensuring United States Competitiveness in the 21st Century Global Economy with a Long-Term Lunar Exploration Program
Entry Probe Missions to the Giant Planets
Europa Jupiter System Mission
Exoplanets and Solar System Exploration
Exploration of Europa
Exploration Strategy for the Outer Planets 2013-2022: Goals and Priorities
Exploring the Bombardment History of the Moon
Exploring the Shallow Subsurface of Mars with Imaging Radar: Scientific Promise and Technical Rationale
Extralunar Materials in Lunar Regolith
Future in situ balloon exploration of Titan’s atmosphere and surface
Future Io Exploration for 2013-2022 and Beyond, Part 1: Justification and Science Objectives
Future Io Exploration for 2013-2022 and Beyond, Part 2: Recommendations for Missions
Future Mars Landing Site Selection Activities
Future Plans for the Deep Space Network (DSN)
Ganymede Orbiter
Ganymede science questions and future exploration
Geochronology and Mars Exploration: Critical Measurements for 21st Century Planetary Science
Geopolitical Context of Lunar Exploration and Settlement
Global Distributions of Gas & Dust in the Lunar Atmosphere from Solar Infrared Absorption Measurements with a Fourier Transform Spectrometer
Global Imaging of Solar Wind-Planetary Body Interactions using Soft X-ray Cameras
Ground-Based Support for Solar-System Exploration: Continuous Coverage Visible Light Imaging of Solar System Objects from a Network of Ground-Based Observatories
Groundbreaking Sample Return from Mars: The Next Giant Leap in Understanding the Red Planet
Ice Giants Decadal Study
Icy Satellite Processes in the Solar System: A plurality of worlds
Imaging of Near-Earth Asteroids
Importance of Measurements of Charging Properties of Individual Submicron Size Lunar Dust Grains
In-Situ Mass Spectrometry of Atmosphereless Planetary Objects
Indicative Basic Issues about Lunar Dust in the Lunar Environment
Io Observer
Is a Resource-Mars a Stepping-Stone to Human Exploration of the Solar System?
JPL Rapid Mission Architecture (RMA) Enceladus Study Final Report
JPL Rapid Mission Architecture Neptune-Triton-KBO Study Final Report
JPL Team X Titan Lake Probe Study Final Report
Jupiter Atmospheric Science in the Next Decade
Jupiter Europa Orbiter Component of EJSM
KBO Science with Argo - A Voyage through the Outer Solar System
Laboratory Measurements in Support of Present and Future Missions to Mars
Laboratory Spectroscopy to Support Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Composition
Laboratory Studies for Planetary Sciences
Laboratory Studies in Support of Planetary Geophysics
Laboratory Studies in Support of Planetary Surface Composition Investigations
Limits of Terrestrial Life in Space
Lunar and Martian Lava Tube Exploration as Part of an Overall Scientific Survey
Lunar Field Geological Exploration
Lunar Geophysical Network (LGN)
Lunar Helium-3 Fusion Resource Distribution
Lunar Light -Planetary Renewal- A Holistic Viewpoint
Lunar Occultation Observer - A Nuclear Astrophysics Mission Concept using the Moon as a Platform for Science
Lunar Polar Volatiles and Associated Processes
Lunar Polar Volatiles Explorer (LPVE) Mission Concept Study
Lunar Pyroclastic Deposits and the Origin of the Moon
Lunar Science and Lunar Laser Ranging
Lunar Science with ARTEMIS: A Journey from the Moon’s Exosphere to its Core [version 2]
Mars 2018 MAX-C Caching Rover
Mars 2018 Sky Crane Capabilities Study
Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher (MAX-C): A Potential Rover Mission for 2018
Mars Exploration 2016-2032: Rationale and Principles for a Strategic Program
Mars Geophysical Network
Mars Geophysical Network Options
Mars Orbiting Pulsed Doppler Wind Lidar for Characterization of Wind and Dust
Mars Polar Climate Concepts
Mars Polar Science for the Next Decade
Mars Trace Gas Mission: Scientific Goals and Measurement Objectives
Mars'' Ancient Dynamo and Crustal Remanent Magnetism
Mercury Lander Mission Concept Study
Mission Concept: Venus in situ Explorer (VISE)
MSR Lander Mission
MSR Orbiter Mission (Including Mars Returned Sample Handling)
Near Earth Asteroid Trajectory Opportunities in 2020-2024
Near-Infrared imaging spectroscopy of the surface of Mars at meter-scales to constrain the geological origin of hydrous alteration products, identify candidate sites and samples for future in-situ and sample return missions, and guide rover operations
NEO Survey: An Efficient Search for Near-Earth Objects by an IR Observatory in a Venus like Orbit
Neptune Ring Science with Argo - A Voyage through the Outer Solar System
Neptune Science with Argo - A Voyage through the Outer Solar System
New lunar science and engineering with carbon cycle.
New Opportunities for Outer Solar System Science using Radioisotope Electric Propulsion
Next Steps in Mars Polar Science: In Situ Subsurface Exploration of the North Polar Layered Deposits
Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry Could Be Awarded to Almost Anyone Who Has Done Any work In fields Including me
Observations Necessary for Useful Global Climate Models
On Lunar Volatiles and Their Importance to Resource Utilization and Lunar Science
Onboard Science Data Analysis: Implications for Future Missions
Planetary Formation and Evolution Revealed with a Saturn Entry Probe: The Importance of Noble Gases
Planetary Protection for Planetary Science and Exploration
Planetary Radio Science: Investigations of Interiors, Surfaces, Atmospheres, Rings, and Environments
Planetary Science & Astrobiology: Cold habitats for life in the Solar system
Prebiotic Atmospheric Chemistry on Titan
Preliminary Design of an Advanced Mission to Pluto
Previously Overlooked/Ignored Electronic Charge Carriers in Rocks
Radar Astrometry of Small Bodies: Detection, Characterization, Trajectory Prediction, and Hazard Assessment
Radiation Facts and Mitigation Strategies for the JEO Mission
Recommended Laboratory Studies in Support of Planetary Science
Recommended Laboratory Studies in Support of Planetary Science: Surface Chemistry of Icy Bodies
Relay Orbiters for Enhancing and Enabling Mars In Situ Exploration
Rings Research in the Next Decade
ROSI - Return on Science Investment
Sample Return from Primitive Asteroids and Comets
Sample Return from the Earth’s Moon
Sampling the Age Extremes of Lunar Volcanism: the Youngest and Oldest Lunar Basalts
Saturn Atmospheric Entry Probe Mission Study
Saturn Atmospheric Entry Probe Trade Study
Saturn Atmospheric Science in the Next Decade
Saturn Ring Observer Study Report
Saturn''s Titan: A strict test for life''s cosmic ubiquity
Science from the Moon: The NASA/NLSI Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research (LUNAR)
Science of the Europa Jupiter System Mission
Scientific Investigation of Near-Earth Objects via the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
Secondary Payloads Using LCROSS Architecture
Seeking Signs of Life on a Terrestrial Planet: An Integrated Strategy for the Next Decade of Mars Exploration
Seeking Signs of Life on Mars: In Situ Investigations as Prerequisites to Sample Return Missions
Seismological investigations of Mars'' deep interior
Single Launch Architecture for Potential Mars Sample Return Mission Using Electric Propulsion
Small Bodies Community White Paper: Asteroids
Small Bodies Community White Paper: Exploration Strategy for the Ice Dwarf Planets 2013-2022
Small Bodies Community White Paper: Goals and Priorities for the Study of Centaurs and Trans-Neptunian Objects in the Next Decade
Small Bodies Community White Paper: Goals and Priorities for the Study of Comets in the Next Decade (2011-2020)
Small Bodies Community White Paper: Interplanetary Dust
Small Bodies Community White Paper: Near-Earth Asteroids
Small Bodies Community White Paper: The Small Satellites of the Solar System
Small Fission Power System Feasibility Study Final Report
Sociological Considerations for the Success of Planetary Exploration Missions
SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) and Planetary Science
Solar Radiation Output: Reading the Record of Lunar Rocks
Solar System Suborbital Research: A Vital Investment in the Scientific Techniques, Technology, and Investigators of Space Exploration in the 21st Century.
Some Anthropology of Humans in Space. Can Human Stability Provide Some Support for Non-Evolutionary or Religious Concepts? Are we able to Speak of a Homo-Astronomicus or a Human Group Involved in Space Travel? What Happens to Humans in Space? (ID-0135)
Space Weathering Impact on Solar System Surfaces and Mission Science
Strategic Technology Development for Future Mars Missions (2013-2022)
Stratospheric Balloon Missions for Planetary Science
Strengthening U.S. Exploration Policy via Human Expeditions to Near-Earth Objects
Study of Planetary Systems and Solar System Objects with JWST
Summary and Highlights of the NRC 2007 Report: The Scientific Context for the Exploration of the Moon (SCEM)
Summary of the Mars Science Goals, Objectives, Investigations, and Priorities
Supporting the sample return from Mars
Technologies for Future Venus Exploration
Technologies for Outer Planet Missions: A Companion to the Outer Planet Assessment Group (OPAG) Strategic Exploration White Paper
Testing for the Pioneer Anomaly on a Pluto Exploration Mission
The Atmospheres of the Ice Giants, Uranus and Neptune
The Case for a Titan Geophysical Network Mission
The Case for a Uranus Orbiter
The Case for an Enceladus New Frontiers Mission
The Case for Ceres: Report to the Planetary Science Decadal Survey Committee
The Case for Enceladus Science
The Chemical Reactivity of Lunar Dust Relevant to Human Exploration
The Comet Coma Rendezvous Sample Return (CCRSR) Mission Concept – The Next Step Beyond Stardust
The Exploration of Neptune and Triton
The importance of (Noachian) impact craters as windows to the sub-surface and as potential hosts of life
The Importance of a Planetary Cartography Program: Status and Recommendations for NASA 2013-2023
The ionosphere of Mars and its importance for climate evolution
The Lunar Dusty Exosphere: The Extreme Case of an Inner Planetary Atmosphere
The Lunar Exploration Roadmap. Exploring the Moon in the 21st Century: Themes, Goals, Objectives, Investigations, and Priorities, 2009
The Lunar Swirls
The Mars Hopper: Long Range Mobile Platform Powered by Martian In-Situ Resources
The microstructure of the martian surface
The Moon as a Test Body for General Relativity
The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
The Rationale for a Long-Lived Geophysical Network Mission to Mars
The Rationale for Deployment of a Long-Lived Geophysical Network on the Moon
The Science of Titan and its Future Exploration
The Scientific Rationale for Renewed Human Exploration of the Moon
The Scientific Rationale for Robotic Exploration of Phobos and Deimos
The Scientific Rationale for Studying Meteorites found on Other Worlds
The TRACER mission: a proposed Trojan and Centaur flyby mission
The Trojan Asteroids: Keys to Many Locks
The Value of Landed Meteorological Investigations on Mars: The Next Advance for Climate Science
The Venus Science and Technology Definition Team Flagship
Thermal Protection System Sensors
Thermal Protection System Technologies for Enabling Future Mars/Titan Science Missions
Thermal Protection System Technologies for Enabling Future Outer Planet Missions
Thermal Protection System Technologies for Enabling Future Sample Return Missions
Thermal Protection System Technologies for Enabling Future Venus Exploration
Titan Lake Probe
Titan Saturn System Mission
Titan''s Greenhouse Effect and Climate
Titan’s unique attraction: it is an ideal destination for humans
Triton science with Argo - A Voyage through the Outer Solar System
Trojan Tour Decadal Study
Tumbleweed: A New Paradigm for Surveying the Surface of Mars
Unexplored Areas of the Moon: Nonmare Domes
Update: Are There Signs of Life on Mars? A Scientific Rationale for a Mars Sample-Return Campaign As The Next Step in Solar System Exploration
Venus Atmosphere: Major Questions and Required Observations
Venus Atmospheric Explorer New Frontiers Mission Concept
Venus Climate Mission
Venus Exploration Goals, Objectives, Investigations, and Priorities
Venus Geochemistry: Progress, Prospects, and Future Missions
Venus Intrepid Tessera Lander
Venus Mobile Explorer
Venus: Constraining Crustal Evolution from Orbit Via High-Resolution Geophysical and Geological Reconnaissance
Whipple: Exploring the Solar System beyond Neptune Using a Survey for Occultations of Bright Stars
Why Mars Remains a Compelling Target for Planetary Exploration
Why the Moon is important for Solar System Science