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6.3 Review of the Next Decade Mars Architecture
Pages 93-95

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... In your letter of December 29, 2005, to Space Studies Board (SSB) Chair Lennard Fisk, you explained that new scientific results from ongoing Mars missions, together with changes in funding levels for the Mars Exploration Program, have compelled the Science Mission Directorate to revisit the program's architecture and the sequence of missions planned for launch to Mars after 2010.
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From page 94...
... Other topics of concern include the lack of welldefined mission parameters and scientific objectives for the Mars Science and Telecommunications Orbiter, Astrobiology Field Laboratory, and Mid Rover missions; issues relating to the phasing and responsiveness of these missions to the results obtained from past missions; and the incompletely articulated links between these missions and the priorities enunciated by the SSE decadal survey and MEPAG. The committee offers the following recommendations to NASA: • Recommendation: Include the Mars Long-Lived Lander Network in the mix of options for the 2016 launch opportunity.
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... To the extent that the specific science objectives of the proposed missions are defined, one of the three crosscutting themes for the exploration of Mars identified in the SSE decadal survey is largely neglected, as are very high priority topics related to understanding near-surface and boundary-layer atmospheric sciences, and so, in this respect, balance is sorely lacking. To optimize efforts to implement a balanced portfolio of missions, the committee offers the following recommendations to NASA: • Recommendation: Include the Mars Long-Lived Lander Network in the mix of options for the 2016 launch opportunity.
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