List of Planetary Science Community
White Papers Contributed
One of the defining features of a decadal survey is broad community participation. One of the most important ways to ensure that the planetary science community played a major role in providing input to this report was the creation of a mechanism by which individuals and groups of individual researchers could submit white papers directly to the Committee on the Planetary Science Decadal Survey. White papers on all topics of relevance to the survey were strongly encouraged, and the community was made aware of this through community newsletters, open letters to the community distributed using several relevant e-mail explorers, and personal solicitations during town hall meetings.
To facilitate document management, several submission guidelines were imposed. These included of a seven-page limit (in a pre-specified format), the requirement for transmission to the committee by a specific individual (the submitting author) through a special National Research Council (NRC) website, and a submission deadline of September 15, 2009; the deadline was set to ensure that all contributions were available for consideration and discussion no later than during the second meetings of both the steering group and the five panels.
Everyone in the planetary science community was encouraged to author white papers. However, members of the committee’s steering group and the chairs of panels were discouraged from doing so on the grounds that they should maintain a degree of impartiality.
In total, the committee received 199 white papers, which are listed below, arranged alphabetically by last name of the submitting (lead) author. Most, but not all papers, had multiple authors. Indeed, multiple authorship was specifically encouraged by the committee on the grounds that consensus is more compelling than a single viewpoint. To facilitate consensus and to advertise what white papers were in preparation, the Lunar and Planetary Institute established a website on which potential authors could state their intention to draft a white paper on a specific topic and thus acquire co-authors. Some individual white papers attracted a hierarchy of authors, co-authors, supporters, and endorsers—sometimes running into the hundreds. The committee made no attempt to keep track of the identities and affiliations of those individuals whose only contribution to a particular document was to add their name to it. The committee was able to determine that 1,669 unique individuals were authors or co-authors of at least one white paper (Table B.1). For comparison, some 380 individuals contributed 24 white papers in support of the NRC’s first planetary decadal survey process (see Appendix B in National Research Council, New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2003).
The energy, financial resources, and time devoted by the planetary community to this process is both gratifying to the committee and clear evidence of a broad desire among those in the community to openly discuss and
TABLE B.1 Institutional Distribution of Authors and Co-Authors of White Papers Contributed in Support of the Planetary Decadal Survey for 2013-2022
Affiliation | United States | International | Total |
Academia | 494 | 167 | 661 |
Research and nonprofit institutions | 202 | 71 | 273 |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) | 245 | – | 245 |
NASA centers (excluding JPL) | 234 | – | 234 |
Other U.S. government agencies | 31 | – | 31 |
Foreign government agencies | – | 98 | 98 |
Industry | 93 | 6 | 99 |
Other/not specified/unknown | 27 | 1 | 28 |
Total | 1,326 | 343 | 1,669 |
to set priorities to guide the community’s future activities related to the study of the solar system and planetary systems in general.
Following is the list of lead authors and titles of the white papers submitted to the committee in support of the planetary science decadal survey.
Mian M. Abbas, Global Distributions of Gas and Dust in the Lunar Atmosphere from Solar Infrared Absorption Measurements with a Fourier Transform Spectrometer
Mian M. Abbas, Importance of Measurements of Charging Properties of Individual Submicron Size Lunar Dust Grains
Paul A. Abell, Goals and Priorities for the Study of Centaurs and Trans-Neptunian Objects in the Next Decade
Paul A. Abell, Scientific Investigation of Near-Earth Objects via the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
C. Agnor, The Exploration of Neptune and Triton
Charles Alcock, Whipple: Exploring the Solar System Beyond Neptune Using a Survey for Occultations of Bright Stars
Mark Allen, Astrobiological Research Priorities for Titan
Ariel D. Anbar, Astrobiology Research Priorities for Mercury, Venus and the Moon
Robert F. Arentz, NEO Survey: An Efficient Search for Near-Earth Objects by an IR Observatory in a Venus- like Orbit
James W. Ashley, The Scientific Rationale for Studying Meteorites Found on Other Worlds
Sami W. Asmar, Planetary Radio Science: Investigations of Interiors, Surfaces, Atmospheres, Rings and Environments
David H. Atkinson, Entry Probe Missions to the Giant Planets
Jeffrey L. Bada, Seeking Signs of Life on Mars: In Situ Investigations as Prerequisites to Sample Return Missions
Kevin H. Baines, Venus Atmospheric Explorer New Frontiers Concept
Tibor Balint, Technologies for Future Venus Exploration
Bruce Banerdt, The Rationale for a Long-Lived Geophysical Network Mission To Mars
Patricia M. Beauchamp, Technologies for Outer Planet Missions: A Companion to the Outer Planet Assessment Group (OPAG) Strategic Exploration White Paper
Dana E. Beckman, SOFIA Planetary Science Vision
Reta Beebe, Data Management, Preservation and the Future of PDS
Torsten Bondo, Preliminary Design of an Advanced Mission to Pluto
Lars Borg, A Consensus Vision for Mars Sample Return
Alan Boss, Astrobiology Research Priorities for Exoplanets
William F. Bottke, Exploring the Bombardment History of the Moon
Sarah E. Braden, Unexplored Areas of the Moon: Non-Mare Domes
Daniel Britt, Asteroids
Linda R. Brown, Laboratory Spectroscopy to Support Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Composition
Mark A. Bullcock, The Venus Science and Technology Definition Team Flagship Mission Study
Bonnie J. Buratti, The Small Satellites of the Solar System
Jack Burns, Science from the Moon: The NASA NLSI Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research (LUNAR)
Bruce A. Campbell, Exploring the Shallow Subsurface of Mars with Imaging Radar: Scientific Promise and Technical Rationale
Julie C. Castillo-Rogez, Laboratory Studies in Support of Planetary Geophysics
Andrew Cheng, Binary and Multiple Systems
Vincent Chevrier, Laboratory Measurements in Support of Present and Future Missions to Mars
Karla B. Clark, Europa Jupiter System Mission
Michael R. Collier, Global Imaging of Solar Wind-Planetary Body Interactions Using Soft X-ray Cameras
Geoffrey C. Collins, Ganymede Science Questions and Future Exploration
Pamela G. Conrad, Geochronology and Mars Exploration
John F. Cooper, Space Weathering Impact on Solar System Surfaces and Mission Science
Athena Coustenis, Future in Situ Balloon Exploration of Titan’s Atmosphere and Surface
William B.C. Crandall, A Decadal Shift: From Space Exploration Science to Space Utilization Science
Ian A. Crawford, The Scientific Rationale for Renewed Human Exploration of the Moon
Arlin Crotts, On Lunar Volatiles and Their Importance to Resource Utilization and Lunar Science
Andrew Daga, Lunar and Martian Lava Tube Exploration as Part of an Overall Scientific Study
J.B. Dalton, Recommended Laboratory Studies in Support of Planetary Science
Andrew M. Davis, Development of Capabilities and Instrumentation for Curation and Analysis of Returned Samples
Charles D. Edwards, Jr., Relay Orbiters for Enhancing and Enabling Mars in Situ Exploration
Larry W. Esposito, Mission Concept: Venus in Situ Explorer (VISE)
Ashley Espy, Interplanetary Dust
Jack Farmer, Astrobiology Research and Technology Priorities for Mars
Bill Farrel, The Lunar Dust Exosphere: The Extreme Case of an Inner Planetary Atmosphere
Leigh N. Fletcher, Jupiter Atmospheric Science in the Next Decade
Jonathan J. Fortney, Planetary Formation and Evolution Revealed with Saturn Entry Probe
Friedmann Freund, Previously Overlooked/Ignored Electronic Charge Carriers in Rocks
Marc Fries, Extralunar Materials in Lunar Regolith
Ian Garrick-Bethell, Ensuring United States Competitiveness in the 21st Century Global Economy with a Long- Term Lunar Exploration Program
James B. Garvin, Venus: Constraining Crustal Evolution from Orbit via High-Resolution Geophysical and Geological Reconnaissance
Barry Geldzahler, Future Plans for the Deep Space Network
Jon D. Giorgini, Radar Astrometry of Small Bodies: Detection, Characterization, Trajectory Prediction, and Hazard Assessment
John Grant, Future Mars Landing Site Selection Activities
Robert E. Grimm, Electromagnetic Sounding of Solid Planets and Satellites
David H. Grinspoon, Comparative Planetary Climate Studies
Eberhard Grun, In-Situ Mass Spectrometry of Atmosphereless Planetary Objects
William M. Grundy, Exploration Strategy for the Ice Dwarf Planets
M. Gudipati, Laboratory Studies for Planetary Sciences
Jasper S. Halekas, Determining the Origins of Lunar Remanent Crustal Magnetism
Kevin P. Hand, An Astrobiological Lens on Planetary System Science
Kevin P. Hand, Astrobiology Priorities for Planetary Science Flight Missions
Candice J. Hansen, Neptune Science with Argo—A Voyage Through the Outer Solar System
Candice J. Hansen, Triton Science with Argo—A Voyage Through the Outer Solar System
Walter Harris, Solar System Suborbital Research: A Vital Investment in Scientific Techniques, Technology and Investigators of Space Exploration in the 21st Century
Samad Hayati, Strategic Technology Development for Future Mars Missions
Michael Hecht, The Microstructure of the Martian Surface
Michael Hecht, Next Steps in Mars Polar Science
Charles A. Hibbitts, Stratospheric Balloon Missions for Planetary Science
Robert Hodyss, Recommended Laboratory Studies in Support of Planetary Science: Surface Chemistry of Icy Bodies
Mark Hofstadter, The Atmospheres of the Ice Giants, Uranus and Neptune
Mark Hofstadter, The Case for a Uranus Orbiter
Steven D. Howe, The Mars Hopper: Long Range Mobile Platform Powered by Martian In-Situ Resources
T.A. Hurford, The Case for an Enceladus New Frontiers Mission
Dana M. Hurley, Lunar Polar Volatiles and Associated Processes
Naoya Imae, Supporting the Sample Return from Mars
Bruce M. Jakosky, Are There Signs of Life on Mars? A Scientific Rationale for a Mars Sample-Return Campaign as the Next Step in Solar System Exploration
Jeffrey R. Johnson, The Importance of a Planetary Cartography Program: Status and Recommendations for NASA 2013-2023
Jeffrey R. Johnson, Summary of the Mars Science Goals, Objectives, Investigations, and Priorities
Bradley L. Jolliff, Constraining Solar System Impact History and Evolution of the Terrestrial Planets with Exploration of Samples from the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin
Thomas Jones, Strengthening U.S. Exploration Policy via Human Expeditions to Near-Earth Objects
Rhawn Joseph, Life on Earth Came from Other Planets
Rhawn Joseph, Life on Earth Came from Other Planets: Summary
Michael Kavaya, Mars Orbiting Pulsed Doppler Wind Lidar for Characterization of Wind and Dust
Robert M. Kelso, Proposal for a Lunar Exploration/Science Campaign: A Commercially-Leveraged, Science- Focused, Lunar Exploration Program
Mohammed O. Khan, The Importance of Utilizing and Developing Radioisotope Electric Propulsion for Missions Beyond Saturn
Krishan K. Khurana, Lunar Science with ARTEMIS: A Journey from the Moon’s Exosphere to Its Core
Georgiana Kramer, The Lunar Swirls
Kimberly R. Kuhlman, Tumbleweed: A New Paradigm for Surveying the Surface of Mars
E. Robert Kursinski, Dual Satellite Mars Climate and Chemistry Mission Concept
Dante S. Lauretta, Astrobiology Research Priorities for Primitive Asteroids
Samuel J. Lawrence, Sampling the Age Extremes of Lunar Volcanism
Lawrence G. Lemke, Heavier Than Air Vehicles for Titan Exploration
Robert J. Lillis, Mars’s Ancient Dynamo and Crustal Remanent Magnetism
Sanjay S. Limaye, Venus Atmosphere: Major Questions and Required Observations
Amy S. Lo, Secondary Payloads Using the LCROSS Architecture
David J. Loftus, Chemical Reactivity of Lunar Dust Relevant to Human Exploration of the Moon
Ralph D. Lorenz, The Case for a Titan Geophysical Network Mission
Jonathan I. Lunine, Saturn’s Titan: A Strict Test for Life’s Cosmic Ubiquity
Jonathan I. Lunine, The Science of Titan and Its Future Exploration
Edward R. Martinez, Thermal Protection System Sensors
Michael D. Max, Is a Resource-Mars a Stepping-Stone to Human Exploration of the Solar System?
William B. McKinnon, Exploration Strategy for the Outer Planets 2013-2022: Goals and Priorities
Stephen M. Merkowitz, The Moon as a Test Body for General Relativity
Scott Messenger, Sample Return from Primitive Asteroids and Comets
Richard S. Miller, Lunar Occultation Observer (LOCO): A Nuclear Astrophysics All-Sky Survey Mission Concept Using the Moon as a Platform for Science
Michael A. Mischna, Atmospheric Science Research Priorities for Mars
Yasunori Miura, Lunar Fluids from Carbon and Chlorine Contents of the Apollo Lunar Samples
Saumitra Mukherjee, Effect of Star-Burst on Sun-Earth Environment
Scott L. Murchie, The Scientific Rational for Robotic Exploration of Phobos and Deimos
John F. Mustard, Seeking Signs of Life on a Terrestrial Planet: An Integrated Strategy for the Next Decade of Mars Exploration
John F. Mustard, Why Mars Remains a Compelling Target for Planetary Exploration
Clive R. Neal, Developing Sample Return Technology Using the Earth’s Moon as a Testing Ground
Clive R. Neal, The Lunar Exploration Roadmap
Clive R. Neal, The Rationale for Deployment of a Long-Lived Geophysical Network on the Moon
Clive R. Neal, Why the Moon Is Important for Solar System Science
Connor A. Nixon, Titan’s Greenhouse Effect and Climate: Lessons from the Earth’s Cooler Cousin
Robert J. Noble, New Opportunities for Outer Solar System Science Using Radioisotope Electric Propulsion
E.Z. Noe Dobrea, Near-Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy of the Surface of Mars at Meter-Scales to Constrain the Geological Origin of Hydrous Alteration Products, Identify Candidate Sites and Samples for Future In Situ and Sample Return Missions, and Guide Rover Operations
Michael C. Nolan, Imaging of Near-Earth Asteroids
Michael C. Nolan, Near-Earth Objects
Julian Nott, Advanced Titan Balloon Design Concepts
Julian Nott, Titan’s Unique Attraction: It Is an Ideal Destination for Humans
Brian J. O’Brien, Indicative Basic Issues About Lunar Dust in the Lunar Environment
David Y. Oh, Single Launch Architecture for Potential Mars Sample Return Mission Using Electric Propulsion
Glenn S. Orton, Earth-Based Observational Support for Spacecraft Exploration of Outer-Planet Atmospheres
Glenn S. Orton, Saturn Atmospheric Science in the Next Decade
Robert T. Pappalardo, Science of the Europa Jupiter System Mission
Cynthia B. Phillips, Exploration of Europa
Carlé M. Pieters, The Scientific Context for the Exploration of the Moon
Andrew Pohorille, Limits of Terrestrial Life in Space
Oleksandr Potashko, Atmosphere as Sign of Life
Lisa Pratt, Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher (MAX-C): A Potential Rover Mission for 2018
Olga Prieto-Ballesteros, Astrobiology in Europa and Jupiter System Mission (EJSM)
Scot C.R. Rafkin, The Value of Landed Meteorological Investigations on Mars: The Next Advance for Climate Science
Andreas Rathke, Testing for the Pioneer Anomaly on a Pluto Exploration Mission
J. Edmund Riedel, A Survey of Technologies Necessary for the Next Decade of Small Body and Planetary Exploration
Andrew S. Rivkin, The Case for Ceres: Report to the Planetary Science Decadal Survey Committee
Andrew S. Rivkin, The Trojan Asteroids: Keys to Many Locks
Thomas Ruedas, Seismological Investigations of Mars’s Deep Interior
S.W. Ruff, Laboratory Studies in Support of Planetary Surface Composition Investigations
John D. Rummel, Planetary Protection for Planetary Science and Exploration
Erin L. Ryan, The TRACER Mission: A Proposed Trojan and Centaur Flyby Mission
Scott A. Sandford, The Comet Coma Rendezvous Sample Return (CCRSR) Mission Concept—The Next Step Beyond Stardust
Robert Schingler, ROSI—Return on Science Investment: A System for Mission Evaluation Based on Maximizing Science
Harrison H. Schmitt, Geopolitical Context of Lunar Exploration and Settlement
Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Field Geological Exploration
Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Helium-3 Fusion Resource Distribution
Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Pyroclastic Deposits and the Origin of the Moon
Harrison H. Schmitt, Observations Necessary for Useful Global Climate Models
Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Astrobiology Research Priorities for the Outer Solar System
Susanne P. Schwenzer, The Importance of (Noachian) Impact Craters as Windows to the Sub-Surface and as Potential Hosts of Life
Amalie Sinclair, Lunar Light—Planetary Renewal—A Holistic Viewpoint
Mark Skidmore, Planetary Science and Astrobiology: Cold Habitats for Life in the Solar System
David E. Smith, A Budget Phasing Approach to Europa Jupiter System Mission Science
Michael D. Smith, Mars Trace Gas Mission: Scientific Goals and Measurement Objectives
Sue Smrekar, Venus Exploration Goals, Objectives, Investigations, and Priorities
George Sonneborn, Study of Planetary Systems and Solar System Objects with JWST
Linda J. Spilker, Cassini-Huygens Solstice Mission
Linda J. Spilker, Neptune Ring Science with Argo—A Voyage Through the Outer Solar System
John A. Stansberry, KBO Science with Argo—A Voyage Through the Outer Solar System
Andrew Steele, Astrobiology Sample Acquisition and Return
Douglas Stetson, Mars Exploration 2016-2032: Rationale and Principles for a Strategic Program
Nathan Strange, Astrodynamics Research and Analysis Funding
Tore Straume, Solar Radiation Output: Reading the Record of Lunar Rocks
James T. Struck, Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Physics Arbitrary—Could Be Awarded to Almost Anyone Who Has Worked in the Fields
James T. Struck, Some Anthropology of Humans in Space
David R. Thompson, Onboard Science Data Analysis: Implications for Future Missions
Matthew S. Tiscareno, Rings Research in the Next Decade
Timothy N. Titus, Mars Polar Science for the Next Decade
Alan Tokunaga, The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
Wesley A. Traub, Exoplanets and Solar System Exploration
Allan H. Treiman, Groundbreaking Sample Return from Mars: The Next Giant Leap in Understanding the Red Planet
Allan H. Treiman, Sample Return from Earth’s Moon
Allan H. Treiman, Venus Geochemistry: Progress, Prospects, and Future Missions
Peter Tsou, A Case for Life, Enceladus Flyby Sample Return
Steve Vance, Icy Satellite Processes in the Solar System: A Plurality of Worlds
Ethiraj Venkatapathy, Thermal Protection System Technologies for Enabling Future Mars/Titan Science Missions
Ethiraj Venkatapathy, Thermal Protection System Technologies for Enabling Future Sample Return Missions
Ethiraj Venkatapathy, Thermal Protection System Technologies for Enabling Future Venus Exploration
Ethiraj Venkatapathy, Thermal Protection System Technologies for Enabling Outer Planet Missions
Janet Vertesi, Sociological Considerations for the Success of Planetary Exploration Missions
J. Hunter Waite, Jr., Titan Lake Probe
James D. Walker, Active Seismology of Asteroids Through Impact and/or Blast Loading
Harold A. Weaver, Goals and Priorities for the Study of Comets in the Next Decade (2011-2020)
Anthony Wesley, Ground-Based Support for Solar-System Exploration: Continuous Coverage Visible Light Imaging of Solar System Objects from a Network of Ground-Based Observatories
David A. Williams, Future Io Exploration for 2013-2022 and Beyond, Part 1: Justification and Science Objectives
David A. Williams, Future Io Exploration for 2013-2022 and Beyond, Part 2: Recommendations for Missions
James G. Williams, Lunar Science and Lunar Laser Ranging
Paul Withers, The Ionosphere of Mars and Its Importance for Climate Evolution
Michael H. Wong, A Dedicated Space Observatory for Time-Domain Solar System Science
Tsun-Yee Yan, Radiation Facts and Mitigation Strategies for the JEO Mission
Roger V. Yelle, Prebiotic Atmospheric Chemistry on Titan
Eliot F. Young, Balloon-Borne Telescopes for Planetary Science: Imaging and Photometry