Suggested missions/observing proposals

 

Astronomy Missions:

 

1.     Exoplanet Science with James Web Space Telescope

a.     http://sites.nationalacademies.org/BPA/BPA_050603 (paper 4)

b.     http://arxiv.org/abs/0808.1913

2.     Microlensing Census of Planets

a.     http://sites.nationalacademies.org/BPA/BPA_050603 (paper 3)

b.     http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/3315/hunting-for-planets-in-the-dark

3.     Terrestrial Planet Finder- Coronagraph

a.     http://sites.nationalacademies.org/BPA/BPA_050603 (paper 29)

b.     http://exep.jpl.nasa.gov/TPF-C/TPFC-MissionAstro2010RFI-Final-2009-04-01.pdf

4.     SIM Planetquest

a.     http://sim.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm

b.     http://sites.nationalacademies.org/BPA/BPA_050603 (paper 41,66)

5.     ATLAST

a.     http://sites.nationalacademies.org/BPA/BPA_050603 (paper 31)

b.     http://www.stsci.edu/institute/atlast

6.     THEIA

a.     http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns/Theia/nas_theia_v14.pdf

7.     Search For Extrerrestrial Intelligence

a.     http://sites.nationalacademies.org/BPA/BPA_050603 (paper 73)

8.     Ground-based imaging of extrasolar planets with GPI

a.     http://sites.nationalacademies.org/BPA/BPA_050603 (paper 50)

b.     http://planetimager.org/

9.     Imaging Extrasolar Planets with the European Extremely Large Telescope

a.     http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/eelt/science/

10. Exoplanet Detection with the Thirty Meter Telescope

a.     http://www.tmt.org/news-center/exoplanet-detection-thirty-meter-telescope

11. Terrestrial Planet Imager

a.     http://exep.jpl.nasa.gov/TPF-I/tpf-I_what_is.cfm

12. Darwin (ESA)

a.     http://www.esa.int/esaSC/120382_index_0_m.html

13. PLATO (ESA)

a.     http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=104

14. New Worlds Observer

a.     http://newworlds.colorado.edu/

 

 

 

 

 

Planetary Missions (see http://www.nap.edu/reports/13117/appendix_g.html for information on the various missions)

1.     Mercury Lander

2.     Venus Mobile Explorer

3.     Venus Intrepid Tessera Lander

4.     Venus Climate Mission

5.     Lunar Geophysical Network

6.     Lunar Polar Volatiles Explorer

7.     Mars Astrobiology Explorer

8.     Mars Sample Return Orbiter

9.     Mars Sample Return Lander

10. Mars Sky Crne

11. Mars Geophysical Network

12.  Mars Polar Cimoate

13. Jupiter Europa Orbiter

14. Io Observer

15. Ganymede Orbiter

16. Trojan Tour and Rendevous

17. Titan-Saturn System Mission

18. Saturn Probe

19. Enceladus RMA

20. Enceladus Orbiter

21. Titan Lake Lander

22. Chiron Orbiter

23. Uranus Orbiter and Probe

24. Neptune Triton-KBO 

25. Comet Surface Sample Return