Report Series: Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science Review of the Planetary Science Aspects of NASA SMD's Lunar Science and Exploration Initiative (2019) / Chapter Skim
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budget proposal for the Planetary Science Division (PSD) included a line item to support lunar exploration and discovery.3 Following submission of the budget request, James L
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In response to the above charge, this report first reviews decadal and other community-guided lunar science priorities as context for NASA's current lunar plans and then presents and evaluates the actions being taken by NASA PSD to support lunar science. At the request of NASA PSD, plans for commercial partnerships, lunar infrastructure development, and related aspects of NASA's lunar science and exploration initiative are the subject of a separate short report titled Report Series: Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science -- Review of the Commercial Aspects of NASA SMD's Lunar Science and Exploration Initiative.
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In anticipation of a renewed focus on scientific and other exploration of the Moon, the Planetary Science Division recently asked the lunar community to revise the existing consensus priorities, taking into account discoveries made since publication of the 2007 Scientific Context and 2011 Vision and Voyages reports. In August 2017, the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG)
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For example, Chandrayaan-1, carrying the NASA Moon Mineralogy Mapper 12 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) , 2018, Visions into Voyages for Planetary Sciences in the Decade 2013-2022: A Midterm Review, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
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These recent advances, coupled with continuing international interest in lunar science, warrant the increased attention they are now receiving, which will ensure that the resultant scientific findings continue to be leveraged and built upon in the future. The New Lunar Discovery and Exploration Initiative The FY2019 Planetary Science Division budget request allocates approximately $200 million for the new Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program, with that budget projection remaining flat in the out years.18 The new program is not intended to replace funding for prioritized, community consensus lunar missions (i.e., Discovery- and New Frontiers-class missions)
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and Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) Exploration Campaign, including lunar research and lander initiatives.
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The call will support development of all lunar instrument types including lander/rover-based instruments and orbital instruments, although the emphasis will be placed on instruments intended for small, stationary landers.22 Instruments are encouraged to support NASA's broader lunar exploration goals including science, technology, human exploration, and ISRU. Enabling science instrument technologies for the future may include cryogenic sample return or sealed sample return (solar wind studies)
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The survey report urged "the human exploration program to examine this decadal survey and identify -- in close coordination and negotiation with the SMD -- objectives whereby humantended science can advance fundamental knowledge."32 This was done, however, under a cautionary note. 28 NASA Ames Research Center, 2018, "Lunar Science for Landed Missions Workshop," June, https://lunarlanding.arc.nasa.gov/.
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The Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program offers many opportunities to address high-priority lunar science questions. The lunar New Frontiers missions outlined in Vision and Voyages, however, particularly South Pole-Aitken Basin and Lunar Geophysical Network, require integrated suites of instruments or long-lived, globally distributed science payloads appropriate to a New Frontiers-class mission.
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