The case for landed Mercury science

Byrne, Paul K. and Blewett, David T. and Chabot, Nancy L. and Hauck, Steven A. and Mazarico, Erwan and Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E. and Vervack, Ronald J. and Oberst, Jürgen and Hussmann, Hauke and Stark, Alexander (2021) The case for landed Mercury science. Experimental Astronomy, 52 (1-2). Springer. doi: 10.1007/s10686-021-09788-8. ISSN 0922-6435.

PDF - Preprint version (submitted draft)
10MB

Official URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10686-021-09788-8

Abstract

In this White Paper, submitted to ESA in response to the Voyage 2050 Call, we advocate for establishing key scientific priorities for the future of Mercury exploration, including the development of specific science goals for a landed mission. We support the Mercury science community in fostering closer collaboration with ongoing and planned exoplanet investigations. The continued exploration of Mercury should be conceived as a multi-mission, multi-generational effort, and the landed exploration of Mercury should be a high scientific priority in the coming decades.

Item URL in elib:

https://elib.dlr.de/146825/

Document Type:

Article

Title:

The case for landed Mercury science

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Byrne, Paul K.	Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, USA.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Blewett, David T.	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Chabot, Nancy L.	The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hauck, Steven A.	Department of Geological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Mazarico, Erwan	Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E.	Jacobs, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, 77058, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Vervack, Ronald J.	Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, 20723, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Oberst, Jürgen	German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research Berlin, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hussmann, Hauke	UNSPECIFIED	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3816-0232	UNSPECIFIED
Stark, Alexander	UNSPECIFIED	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9110-1138	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

15 October 2021

Journal or Publication Title:

Experimental Astronomy

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

DOI:

10.1007/s10686-021-09788-8

Publisher:

Springer

Series Name:

Voyage 2050 – science themes for ESA’s long-term plan for the science programme: Solar Systems, ours and others

ISSN:

0922-6435

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Mercury, Lander, ESA, White Paper

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Space Exploration

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EW - Space Exploration

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Project BepiColombo - MERTIS and BELA

Location:

Berlin-Adlershof

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Geodesy

Deposited By:

Stark, Dr. Alexander

Deposited On:

06 Dec 2021 14:15

Last Modified:

09 Dec 2021 11:45

Repository Staff Only: item control page