Planning for mars returned sample science: Final report of the MSR end-to-end international science analysis group (E2E-iSAG)

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-230

  McLennan, Scott ^a   Sephton, Mark ^b   Beaty, David ^c   Hecht, Mike ^c   Pepin, Bob ^c   Leya, Ingo ^c   Jones, John ^c   Weiss, Ben ^c   Race, Margaret ^c   Rummel, John ^c   Buxbaum, Karen ^c   Conley, Cassie ^c   Backes, Paul ^c   Hemming, Sidney ^c   Pierce, Elizabeth ^c   Rasbury, Troy ^c   Jakosky, Bruce ^c   Mahaffy, Paul ^c   Bass, Deborah ^c   Bridges, John ^c   Budney, Charles ^c   Christensen, Phil ^c   Coleman, Max ^c   Fernández Remolar, David ^c   Glavin, Danny ^c   Goesmann, Fred ^c   Grotzinger, John ^c   Javaux, Emmanuelle ^c   Johnson, Jeff ^c   May, Lisa ^c   McSween, Hap ^c   Morris, Dick ^c   Mustard, Jack ^c   Niles, Paul ^c   Papike, Jim ^c   Smith, Caroline ^c   Steele, Andrew ^c   Velbel, Michael ^c   Westall, Frances ^c   Whetsel, Charles ^c   Wray, James ^c   Zurek, Rich ^c   Allen, C ^d   Allwood, A C ^d   Barbieri, R ^d   Boston, P ^d   Carr, M ^d   Grady, M ^d   Grant, J ^d   Heber, V S ^d   Herd, C D K ^d   Hofmann, B ^d   King, P ^d   Mangold, N ^d   Ori, G G ^d   Rossi, A P ^d   Raulin, F ^d   Ruff, S W ^d   Sherwood Lollar, B ^d   Symes, S ^d   Wilson, M G ^d   more..

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d National Aeronautics and Space Administration ^*

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DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0805     Document Type: Review

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