The US National Academies of Sciences listed a Venus surface in situ explorer as one of the highest priority planetary science missions.
In an interview Thursday, Schiff said that the restored funds would help pay for two missions, in particular, that have been identified as high priorities in planetary science: the Mars 2020 lander, which will help scientists retrieve samples from the Martian surface; and planning for a mission to Europa, the ice-covered moon of Jupiter where scientists believe conditions allowing life may exist.
Titan promises to be a priority target for planetary and astrobiological exploration in the next decades.
The overall objective of the Roadmap is to ensure that "by 2050 the EU's economy has grown in a way that respects resource constraints and planetary boundaries" and to identify priority areas and actions "to put us on a path to resource efficient and sustainable growth" (p. 3).
Many scientists are angry that the proposals ride roughshod over the results of the Planetary Decadal Survey, which laid out a vision for future exploration based on the priorities of the planetary science community.
We report here the technical details of these instrument components as well as system-level analytical capabilities, and we review the applications of this technology to Mars and other high-priority targets of planetary exploration.
In order to improve photochemical models predictions, it is necessary to identify in chemical schemes the key reactions that should be studied in priority at conditions relevant to planetary atmospheres.
Sometimes, a decision may be made solely for economic interests and goals; however, since Earth resources are limited, economic priorities should stay within the planetary boundaries (Janeiro and Patel 2015).
I believe most of my colleagues could accept that the government has priorities other than public, or even planetary health -- however shortsighted we may consider some of them.
A recent panel reviewing the future of US planetary science considered this goal to be a top priority.
