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)
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