ESSC-ESF position paper - Science-driven scenario for space exploration: Report from the European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC)

Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-41

  Worms, Jean Claude ^a   Lammer, Helmut ^b   Barucci, Antonella ^c   Beebe, Reta ^d   Bibring, Jean Pierre ^e   Blamont, Jacques ^f   Blanc, Michel ^g   Bonnet, Roger ^h   Brucato, John R ⁱ   Chassefière, Eric ^j   Coradini, Angioletta ^k   Crawford, Ian ^l   Ehrenfreund, Pascale ^m   Falcke, Heino ⁿ   Gerzer, Rupert ^o   Grady, Monica ^p   Grande, Manuel ^q   Haerendel, Gerhard ^r   Horneck, Gerda ^o   Koch, Bernhard ^o   Lobanov, Andreï ^s   Lopez Moreno, José J ^t   Marco, Roberto ^u   Norsk, Peter ^v   Rothery, Dave ^p   Swings, Jean Pierre ^a,y   Tropea, Cam ^w   Ulamec, Stephan ^o   Westall, Frances ^x   Zarnecki, John ^p   more..

^a ESSC ESF   (France)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e InVivo AgroSolutions   (France)

^f CNES   (France)

^g ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^h ISSI   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Osservatorio Capodimonte   (Italy)

^j INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^k INAF   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁿ ASTRON ^*  (Netherlands)

^o GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^p OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^r MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^s MPI ^*  (Germany)

^t INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^v UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^w DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^x CBM CNRS   (France)

^y IAG   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

European exploration programme; Human lunar missions; Human Mars missions; International cooperation; NEOs; Planetary protection; Robotic exploration; Sample return missions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMONAUT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MICROCLIMATE; MOON; MOTIVATION; ROBOTICS; SPACE FLIGHT;

ASTRONAUTS; EUROPE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARS; MINOR PLANETS; MOON; ROBOTICS; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 63049118243     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.1226     Document Type: Article

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