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Mars Exploration
John M. Grunsfeld PhDAstronaut/Astrophysicist
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InnovateExplore
DiscoverInspire
www.nasa.gov
NASA Mission:
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Big Scientific Questions:
Where did we come from?
Where are we going?
Are we alone?
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Why Do We Explore?
Fear
Greed
Knowledge
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Lunaticsand
Martians
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Return to the Moon
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On to Mars
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Apollo
MER Opportunity
Science allows us to inform, discover, and understand
Direct Human experience in space fundamentally alters our perspective
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An Ancient Habitable Environment
Mineralogy indicates sustained interaction with liquid water also providing a source of energy for primitive biology.
Key chemical ingredients for life are present: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.
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First Detection of Martian Organics by Curiosity
Elevated levels of martian chlorobenzene identified in drilled mudstone sample, but not in other soil and rock samples
• The SAM instrument on Curiosity identified elevated levels of chlorobenzene and other chlorinated organics in an ancient lake mudstone collected at Yellowknife Bay
• Demonstrates that organics can be preserved on Mars
• Results published: Freissinet, C., Glavin, D.P. et al. (2015),, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120, doi:10.1002/2014JE004737.
Cl
SAM
scoop
drill
Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater
Sheepbedmudstone
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Abiotic?
Biotic?
Methane Found on Mars!Source Indicates an Active Planet
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Curiosity measured a background methane abundance of 0.7 ppbv and a ten-fold enhancement that lasted ~ 60 sols
NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC
Webster et al., Science, 2015
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Hot off the Press
Trainer et al. (2019) JGR in press
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Spectral Evidence for Hydrated Salts in Recurring Slope Lineaeon Mars.
L. Ojha et al., Nature Geoscience, 28 September, 2015
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Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter
Mars Odyssey
Operational2001 - 2014
MAVEN
2016 2018 2020
Curiosity –Mars Science
LaboratoryScience Rover
2022
Opportunity –Mars Exploration
Rover
Explore Habitability
Current & Future Mars Missions
Follow the Water
EVOLVING MARS SCIENCE THEMES
Seek Signs of LifePrepare for Future Human Explorers
ESAExoMars Rover(NASA: MOMA)
InSight
ESATrace Gas Orbiter(NASA: Electra)
ESA Mars Express(NASA: MARSIS)
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Seeking signs of life: Mars 2020 Rover
Conduct rigorous in situ science
Returnable cache of samples
Geologically diverse site of
ancient habitability
Enable the future
Coordinated, nested context and fine-scale
measurements
Critical ISRU and technology
demonstration required for future Mars exploration
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MOXIE
Mars Oxygen ISRU ExperimentISRU = In-situ Resource
Utilization
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Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment
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Denali, AK -40oC/0.4 atm
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Robots versus Humans(hint: both)
• Decision making• Connection to humans/home• Feedback and redirection• Adaptability in real time• Human intuition/insight• Intelligent exploration• Outreach• Inspiration• Who is going to repair the
robots?• Tele-robotic control
w/minimal latency• Upgrading • Repairing• Survival• Pattern recognition
Human Advantage
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Robots versus Humans(hint: both)
Human AdvantageCommunicate in human languageDexterity and adaptable dexteritySituational awarenessMulti-sensor, non-linear, adaptable processingSelf-healingHuman anticipationExpect the unexpectedCreativity
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Robots versus Humans(hint: both)
Mars2020 Rover Cost ~$4Boperates for 2 Earth years
Human Crew to Mars (6) ~$150B (random estimate)
Qualified Crew members could do the work of Mars2020 in about 5 days, and analyze the samples on Mars. In 2-years would do 150 times the science.
e.g. Humans are 150 times more efficient à Do the science of the rover at ¼ the cost/unit science!
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Of course, that doesn’t matter if you don’t have $150B
We can only send robots today. Even when we do send human explorers the robots will be there too.
We need the robots for the dull, dangerous, and dirty work.
Robots versus Humans(hint: both)
Pat Rawlings
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What do we need to do before we can go?
Spacesuits
Space Nutrition
MaintainableECLSS
Faster Rockets
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It’s not about the $$$, it is whether we have the will to go…
Consider a conjunction class orbital Mars mission:TransportationPayloadsCrew transport
10 x $350M = $3.5B10 x $1B = $10B
1 x $500M = $0.5B
Total: $14B x 2 = $28B
NASA Spends $4B/year on “exploration”
IN 7 YEARS WE COULD FUND A MISSION TO MARS
And have a full backup to fly a second mission 26 months later if all the rockets work!
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We are born to explore
2004
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imagine the moment...
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Get Out and Explore!