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Preliminary Program for Mars Samples Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2017

Marie-Christine Maurel
Affiliation:
Evolutionary Biochemistry and Molecular Adaptation, Jacques-Monod Institute, University Paris VI, Tour 43, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris, France
Jean-Louis Counil
Affiliation:
C.N.E.S. et C.S.E.E.M, Centre de Toulouse, 18 ave. Edouard Belin 31401 Toulouse cedex 4, France

Abstract

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The main goals of the French Mars exploration program are the development of a netlander for geophysical studies. This project is conducted in the framework of a consortium of European partners (Finland, Germany and Belgium), and an orbiter vehicle of the future Mars sample return mission (MSR) is being developed in cooperation with NASA. Also, we discuss the preparatory program for volatile and rare gas analysis, sample pollution, site selection and Astrobiology.

Type
Planetary Science
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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