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Where will #NASA be sending planetary science missions in the coming decade? The #PMCS workshop today and tomorrow will highlight 11 exciting new concepts (thread) http://hou.usra.edu/meetings/pmcs2 … [1/n]
![Where will #NASA be sending planetary science missions in the coming decade? The #PMCS workshop today and tomorrow will highlight 11 exciting new concepts (thread) http://hou.usra.edu/meetings/pmcs2 … [1/n]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EY9YgH9XsAAmpmh.jpg "Where will #NASA be sending planetary science missions in the coming decade? The #PMCS workshop today and tomorrow will highlight 11 exciting new concepts (thread) http://hou.usra.edu/meetings/pmcs2 … [1/n]")
First up: @barbylon proposes a generic geochronology mission (measuring rock ages) that could be sent to various planets, moons and asteroids to help unravel their cratering and volcanic histories. #PMCS [2/n]
Where is the tallest mountain in the solar system? The gigantic 500 km wide Rheasilvia crater on Vesta has a central peak 22 km high, 100 m taller than Olympus Mons on Mars. A geochronology lander could help us understand its formation #PMCS [3/n]
![Where is the tallest mountain in the solar system? The gigantic 500 km wide Rheasilvia crater on Vesta has a central peak 22 km high, 100 m taller than Olympus Mons on Mars. A geochronology lander could help us understand its formation #PMCS [3/n]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EY9eRq8XsAcnj4X.jpg "Where is the tallest mountain in the solar system? The gigantic 500 km wide Rheasilvia crater on Vesta has a central peak 22 km high, 100 m taller than Olympus Mons on Mars. A geochronology lander could help us understand its formation #PMCS [3/n]")
![Where is the tallest mountain in the solar system? The gigantic 500 km wide Rheasilvia crater on Vesta has a central peak 22 km high, 100 m taller than Olympus Mons on Mars. A geochronology lander could help us understand its formation #PMCS [3/n]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EY9eRq6XQAQbax8.jpg "Where is the tallest mountain in the solar system? The gigantic 500 km wide Rheasilvia crater on Vesta has a central peak 22 km high, 100 m taller than Olympus Mons on Mars. A geochronology lander could help us understand its formation #PMCS [3/n]")
The Intrepid Mission envisaged by @ASU’s Mark Robinson is a semi-autonomous rover that would roam across the lunar surface for 3 years, investigating the origin of many of its geologic features (Left: Aristarchus; Right Oceanus Procellarum) [4/n]
![The Intrepid Mission envisaged by @ASU’s Mark Robinson is a semi-autonomous rover that would roam across the lunar surface for 3 years, investigating the origin of many of its geologic features (Left: Aristarchus; Right Oceanus Procellarum) [4/n]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EY9hLFaWkAICR3S.jpg "The Intrepid Mission envisaged by @ASU’s Mark Robinson is a semi-autonomous rover that would roam across the lunar surface for 3 years, investigating the origin of many of its geologic features (Left: Aristarchus; Right Oceanus Procellarum) [4/n]")
![The Intrepid Mission envisaged by @ASU’s Mark Robinson is a semi-autonomous rover that would roam across the lunar surface for 3 years, investigating the origin of many of its geologic features (Left: Aristarchus; Right Oceanus Procellarum) [4/n]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EY9hLFeXsAcSzum.jpg "The Intrepid Mission envisaged by @ASU’s Mark Robinson is a semi-autonomous rover that would roam across the lunar surface for 3 years, investigating the origin of many of its geologic features (Left: Aristarchus; Right Oceanus Procellarum) [4/n]")
The nuclear-powered Intrepid rover would drive in the lunar day and rest during the 2 week long lunar nights, covering 1800 km. More: https://firstmode.com/blog/2019/10/27/the-first-lunar-road-trip-a-new-type-of-mission-a-new-type-of-rover #PMCS [5/n]
The Lunar Geophysical Network proposed by Clive Neal @NotreDame and team would follow up on Apollo-era measurements of moonquakes, deploying a network of four landers with sensitive seismometers. [6/n]
The proposed Lunar Geophysical Network would help scientists tell if the Moon is frozen solid inside, or if there is a deep molten layer as proposed by team member @moonshakes https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moonmars/features/lunar_core.html #PMCS [7/n]
![The proposed Lunar Geophysical Network would help scientists tell if the Moon is frozen solid inside, or if there is a deep molten layer as proposed by team member @moonshakes https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moonmars/features/lunar_core.html #PMCS [7/n]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EY9v1S9XsAEmlBs.jpg "The proposed Lunar Geophysical Network would help scientists tell if the Moon is frozen solid inside, or if there is a deep molten layer as proposed by team member @moonshakes https://www.nasa.gov/topics/moonmars/features/lunar_core.html #PMCS [7/n]")
MORIE is the Mars Orbiter for Resources, Ices and Environments, a mission proposed by Wendy Calvin of UNReno to map the composition of the Martian surface and subsurface #PMCS [8/n]
MORIE would have a dual purpose of science and resource mapping to aid future human landings, by making global maps of potential resources (ice map from MRO below: http://spaceref.com/mars/mars-has-belts-of-glaciers-consisting-of-frozen-water.html……) #PMCS [9/n]
![MORIE would have a dual purpose of science and resource mapping to aid future human landings, by making global maps of potential resources (ice map from MRO below: http://spaceref.com/mars/mars-has-belts-of-glaciers-consisting-of-frozen-water.html……) #PMCS [9/n]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EY94ovfXkAYVezr.jpg "MORIE would have a dual purpose of science and resource mapping to aid future human landings, by making global maps of potential resources (ice map from MRO below: http://spaceref.com/mars/mars-has-belts-of-glaciers-consisting-of-frozen-water.html……) #PMCS [9/n]")
The ambitious MOSAIC (Mars Orbiters for Surface, Atmosphere and Ionospheric Connections) mission would study the entire interaction between the Martian subsurface, surface and atmosphere with a network of orbiting spacecraft of different types https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2020/pdf/1733.pdf #PMCS [10/n]
![The ambitious MOSAIC (Mars Orbiters for Surface, Atmosphere and Ionospheric Connections) mission would study the entire interaction between the Martian subsurface, surface and atmosphere with a network of orbiting spacecraft of different types https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2020/pdf/1733.pdf #PMCS [10/n]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EY97RM7XYAECYEV.jpg "The ambitious MOSAIC (Mars Orbiters for Surface, Atmosphere and Ionospheric Connections) mission would study the entire interaction between the Martian subsurface, surface and atmosphere with a network of orbiting spacecraft of different types https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2020/pdf/1733.pdf #PMCS [10/n]")
