Assessment of Mars Science and Mission Priorities

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Publication Year:2003

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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-4	(skim)
1. Introduction	5-8	(skim)
2. Interior and Crustal Structure and Activity	9-17	(skim)
3. Geochemistry and Petrology	18-25	(skim)
4. Stratigraphy and Chronology	26-33	(skim)
5. Surface Processes and Geomorphology	34-47	(skim)
6. Ground Ice, Groundwater, and Hydrology	48-53	(skim)
7. Life, Fossils, and Reduced Carbon	54-63	(skim)
8. Lower Atmosphere and Meteorology	64-70	(skim)
9. Climate Change	71-76	(skim)
10. Upper Atmosphere, Ionosphere, and Solar Wind Interactions	77-82	(skim)
11. Rationale for Sample Return	83-88	(skim)
12. Assessment of the Mars Exploration Program	89-104	(skim)
13. Conclusions	105-106	(skim)
Appendix A: The NASA Mars Exploration Program	107-117	(skim)
Appendix B: Compilation of Recommendations Concerning Mars Exploration Made by COMPLEX and Other Advisory Groups	118-130	(skim)
Appendix C: Acronyms	131-132	(skim)

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