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The land of opportunity: human return to meridiani planum
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Cohen, Barbara A. Seibert, Michael A. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | Meridiani Planum is a broad expanse of Martian real estate possessing extremely safe landing characteristics and extensive areas with high trafficability, with compelling science motivations to decipher the climatic and hydrologic evolution of Mars and potential for resource extraction. We propose southwestern Meridiani Planum as a potential landing site for human exploration of Mars. Figure 1 shows our proposed exploration zone (EZ) and several potential science regions of interest (ROIs) |
| File Size | 1064071 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20150020501 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t51g5q08r |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2015-10-27 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Exploration Landing Site Mars Habitability Geochronology Hydrological Cycle Landing Sites Planetary Geology Terrain Sedimentary Rocks Mars Surface Plains Mars Exploration Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |