the next giant leap in solar system missions and …...the planetary decadal process results drive...

Michael Amato

NASA GSFC

Goddard Memorial Symposium Session

March 19 2019

The Next Giant Leap in Solar System Missions and Technologies

Michael Amato - Goddard Memorial Symposium 2019

Some slides are modifications and updates from NASA HQ PSD slides

FORMULATION

IMPLEMENTATION

PRIMARY OPS

EXTENDED OPS

BEPICOLOMBO (ESA)

OSIRIS-REX

JUNO

NEW HORIZONS

LUNAR

RECONNAISSANCE

ORBITER

JUICE (ESA)

NEOWISE

EUROPA CLIPPER

PSYCHE

LUCY

EXOMARS 2016

(ESA)

EXOMARS 2020

(ESA)

MAVENMROMARS EXPRESS

(ESA)MARS

ODYSSEY

MMX

(JAXA)

DART

MOON MARS

BERESHEET

(ISA, SPACE IL)

CHANDRAYAAN-2

(ISRO)MARS 2020

ROVER

CURIOSITY

ROVER

2

INSIGHT

Rover

Missions coming in the next ~5 years

Current and Future Solar System Planetary Missions


Europa Lander?

Mars Sample Return?

CAESAR or Dragonfly


3

Lunar Exploration Campaign

Future Solar System Planetary Missions - Moon and Mars


Mars Sample

Return 2026 ?

Lunar instruments and small sats?


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.

The Planetary Science Decadal Drive the Next Big Steps



Planetary Mission Concept Studies (pre decadal studies)

• Proposals due 05/21/2019

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

• Down-selection announcement still expected in July 2019

Discovery 2019

• Step-1 proposal due date rescheduled to July 1, 2019

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

technologies for the next big steps. Precursors for the next possible

missions.

• MatISSE, PICASSO, ColdTech, HotTech, ICEE, ICEE2. PSDS3, DALI, RPS,

etc

Planetary Announcements of Opportunity Compete Some Next Steps

Dragonfly

CAESAR

Psyche

Lucy



Discovery and New Frontiers have and will continue to be one path for

big steps.

Past Discovery Winners

Past New Frontiers Winners


(DART, NEO Survey Mission?)



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