The Next Giant Leap in Solar System Missions and Technologies
Michael Amato NASA GSFC
Goddard Memorial Symposium Session March 19 2019
Michael Amato - Goddard Memorial Symposium 2019
Some slides are modifications and updates from NASA HQ PSD slides Current and Future Solar System Planetary Missions Missions coming in FORMULATION the next IMPLEMENTATION ~5 years NEOWISE PRIMARY OPS EXTENDED OPS LUCY BEPICOLOMBO (ESA)
JUICE (ESA) OSIRIS-REX NEW HORIZONS PSYCHE
MOON MARS JUNO CAESAR or Dragonfly EXOMARS 2016 MMX MARS EXPRESS MRO MAVEN (ESA) (JAXA) LUNAR MARS (ESA) RECONNAISSANCE ODYSSEY ORBITER Mars BERESHEET Sample (ISA, SPACE IL) Return? DART EXOMARS 2020 (ESA) CHANDRAYAAN-2 Rover (ISRO) CURIOSITY ROVER MARS 2020 ROVER EUROPA CLIPPER INSIGHT Europa Lander? 2 Michael Amato - Goddard Memorial Symposium 2019 Some slides are modifications and updates from NASA HQ PSD slides Future Solar System Planetary Missions - Moon and Mars Mars Sample Return 2026 ? Lunar Exploration Campaign
Lunar instruments and small sats?
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Some slides are modifications and updates from NASA HQ PSD slides The Planetary Science Decadal Drive the Next Big Steps
The Planetary decadal process results drive the science goals and missions for the next big step in Solar System Exploration Current Decadal (2012-2022) • Prioritized goals which resulted in mission approaches – i.e. - Mars Sample Return, Europa Clipper, Icy Giants mission, Comet Sample return, Venus in situ, Lunar sample return, Trojan Asteroids, Life evidence missions, others. Next Decadal early work and studies • 2016 - CubeSat Mission review, Extended mission review; completed in 2016 • 2017 - R&A restructuring review, Searching for Life Study, Large Strategic Science missions, Sample Analysis Investment Strategy, first pre decadal study of icy Giants Mission; Completed in 2017 • 2018 - Decadal mid term Review, CAPS mid term study recommendation. Next Decadal process will drive the next big steps ( 2023 – 2033 ) • 2019 - Next set of Pre decadal studies being competed now for study later this year. • 2022 – Decadal panels will follow, with an eventual report and recommendations.
Michael Amato - Goddard Memorial Symposium 2019
Some slides are modifications and updates from NASA HQ PSD slides Planetary Announcements of Opportunity Compete Some Next Steps Planetary Mission Concept Studies (pre decadal studies) • Proposals due 05/21/2019 Dragonfly Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) • Step-1 selection to be scheduled NET April 12, 2019
• Rolling AO open for next proposals
New Frontiers #4 Down-selection CAESAR • Down-selection announcement still expected in July 2019 Discovery 2019 • Step-1 proposal due date rescheduled to July 1, 2019 Psyche Instrument AOs • NASA Provided Lunar Payloads and Lunar Surface Instrument and Technology Payloads (NPLP and LSITP) • Europa Lander (possibly) or other future ‘flagship’ Instrument AOs Technology Funding Programs and Competitions • Play in important role to help advance the needed instrument and subsystem Lucy technologies for the next big steps. Precursors for the next possible missions. • MatISSE, PICASSO, ColdTech, HotTech, ICEE, ICEE2. PSDS3, DALI, RPS, etc Michael Amato - Goddard Memorial Symposium 2019
Some slides are modifications and updates from NASA HQ PSD slides Discovery and New Frontiers have and will continue to be one path for big steps.
Past Discovery Winners
Past New Frontiers Winners
Michael Amato - Goddard Memorial Symposium 2019 (DART, NEO Survey Mission?)
Michael Amato - Goddard Memorial Symposium 2019
Some slides are modifications and updates from NASA HQ PSD slides