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Solar System Exploration Today
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... By making careful choices about which of those tantalizing targets are most important, we set ourselves on the path to realizing all our scientific dreams concerning the solar system. From a scientific perspective, we must consider how future missions will help answer a set of fundamental questions that reach beyond just planetary exploration: Answering these questions requires several simultaneous approaches.
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... ~t will provide deep insight into the evolution of aid the worlds within the solar system and of the multitude of planets being discovered around other stars. With the assistance of six expert panels, the SSE Survey developed a list of eight recommended activities for the decade 2003-2013 (see adjacent diagram)
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... ~ _ ~ CW~K _ ~ 3~as3ns33 __ _ ~ 11__ _ ~ _ ~ . ~ ~ i ; _1 ~ _ _ 1 _ _ _ 1 _ _ Jupiter Polar Orbiter with Probes 3
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... Mars, the planet with the most Earth-like environment, is a potential abode of life. Throughout its history, Mars has undergone significant changes, including massive climatic shifts, enormous volcanic eruptions, loss of volatiles like water vapor into space, ancl the development ancl subsequent decay of a strong magnetic fielcl.
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