Toward a Global Space Exploration Program: a Stepping Stone Approach
Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Advances in Space Research 49 (2012) 2–48 www.elsevier.com/locate/asr Review Toward a global space exploration program: A stepping stone approach Pascale Ehrenfreund a,⇑, Chris McKay b, John D. Rummel c, Bernard H. Foing d, Clive R. Neal e, Tanja Masson-Zwaan f, Megan Ansdell a, Nicolas Peter g, John Zarnecki h, Steve Mackwell i, Maria Antionetta Perino j, Linda Billings k, John Mankins l, Margaret Race m a Space Policy Institute, Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington, DC 20052, USA b NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA 94035, USA c Institute for Coastal Science & Policy, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA d European Space Agency, ESTEC, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands e Dept. of Civil Eng. & Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA f International Institute of Air & Space Law, Leiden University, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES Leiden, The Netherlands g European Space Agency, 8-10 Rue Mario Nikis, 75015 Paris, France h Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute, Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK i USRA Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, USA j Thales Alenia Spazio, Strada Antica di Collegno 253, 10146 Torino, Italy k George Washington University, School of Media and Public Affairs, Washington, DC 20052, USA l Artemis Innovation Management Solutions LLC, P.O. Box 6660, Santa Maria, CA 93456, USA m SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Ave., Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA Received 1 June 2011; received in revised form 11 September 2011; accepted 14 September 2011 Available online 22 September 2011 Abstract In response to the growing importance of space exploration in future planning, the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Panel on Exploration (PEX) was chartered to provide independent scientific advice to support the development of exploration programs and to safeguard the potential scientific assets of solar system objects.
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