Venus: NASA HQ Perspectives National Aeronautics and Space Administration Andrew Danztler Planetary Division Director Adriana Ocampo Venus Discipline Scientist Adriana.C.Ocampo@nasa.gov Pasadena, USA 1-2 May 2006 1
Venus Express (ESA) CONGRATULATIONS to VeX Team for a successful VOI!!!!!!! Looking forward to great science results NASA is happy to be part of Vex via: Participating Scientist (10) And Interdisciplinary Scientist and Support Investigators (soon to be announced) Timely results from VeX will help define the next steps for Venus exploration Ref: ESA 2
Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) VEXAG plays a key role to identify scientific priorities and strategy for exploration of Venus. Voice for the scientific community. Forum for coordination VEXAG working together with Venus Express needs to include the latest findings and fold them into Venus scientific priorities. VEXAG will report on the community assessment and provide input to NASA, but will not make recommendations. Key to work together with other assessment groups (OPAG, MEPAG, etc) to have an integrated program 3
Potential Future Missions: Discovery / New Frontiers Classes Next Step: NASA s s Options for Venus Exploration in the near term Discovery Program (<$350M) PI-led and competitively selected (6 to 7 per decade) Venus concepts have been proposed at each opportunity; Include orbiter, probe, lander and balloon concepts; Discovery 12 Announcement of Opportunity has close and the proposal are under review New Frontiers Program (<$650M) PI-led and competitively selected, but to a specified set of targets (4 per decade) Announcement of Opportunity expected in late 2008 or 2009 Two mission selected, New Horizons (Pluto) and Juno (Jupiter) International collaboration and coordination - Mission of Opportunity via Discovery and New Frontiers 4
Summary VeX results are important for future exploration of Venus, off to a a great start VEXAG play a key role to coordinate the scientific community and prioritized objectives NASA near term path for Venus exploration are the: - Discovery Program - New Frontiers 5
BACK-UP SLIDES 6
Solar System Exploration Decadal Survey 2002 Integrated Exploration Strategy Presents key scientific questions Ranked list of conceptual missions Recommendations for the decade 2003-2013 A set of deferred high priority flight missions for decades beyond that Recommended significant investments in advanced technology to enable high priority flight missions http://www.nap.edu Implementation Approach Discovery Program (<$350M) PI-led and competitively selected (6 to 7 per decade) New Frontiers Program (<$650M) PI-led and competitively selected, but to a specified set of targets (4 per decade) Jupiter Orbiter w/ Probe, Lunar Sample Return, Comet Sample Return and Venus In Situ Explorer Flagship missions (>$650M) directed missions like Cassini Huygens, 1 per decade 7
SSE Decadal Survey: Inner Solar System: Keys to Habitable Worlds Exploration Strategy Sample Return Missions from targets of increasing difficulty Moon first Mars next Mercury-Venus In-Situ Exploration of Venus Investigate surface and atmospheric chemistry Demonstrate key technologies for sample return Network Scienceat Venus and Mercury Seismology and magnetic fields Heat flow Atmospheric circulation for Venus Technologies for extreme environments Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech 8
Solar System Exploration Strategic Road Map May 2005 2005-2015 2015-2025 2025-2035 New Start Decision Europa Geophysical Observer Flagship Missions Acronyms and Legend SPAB South Pole Aitken Basin SR Sample Return FB Flyby DP Deep Probes New Horizons (Pluto) Habitability Thread Architecture Thread Lunar SPAB OR Jupiter Polar Orb Discovery Other future options Comet Surface SR Jupiter FB/DP Venus In situ Explorer New Frontiers 5/decade Technology Decision 3/decade Technology Decision Titan Explorer Venus Surface Explorer Science Decision Europa Astrobiology or Neptune System or Venus Surface Sample Return Strategic First-Decade Technology Developments: - Power - Hypervelocity/Aero entry - High Temperature and High Pressure Operations - Low Temperature Operations Technology Development Ground-based Observations Research and Analysis Education & Public Outreach All mission categories in the SSE Roadmap (2005) includes missions for Venus Exploration These categories are: Flagship, New Frontiers and Discovery 9
On-going Mission: Venus Express (ESA) Ref: ESA NASA Participation on Venus Express: 10 Venus Express Participating Scientist (PS) selected (NASA NRA Jan. 05; selection July 05, 10 selected out of 30 proposals submitted) Charles Acton - JPL NAIF Sushil Atreya - Univ. Michigan,Coupled dynamics and chemistry Kevin Baines - JPL, To the depths of Venus with Venus Express. US Science lead PS. Pontus Brandt - JHU/APL, Aspera-4 investigation David Crisp - JPL, To the depths of Venus with Venus Express Sanjay Limaye - Univ. Wisconsin, Exploration of dynamics and chemistry Janet Luhmann - UC Berkeley, Building on PVO Chris Russell - UCLA, Magnetometer investigation Alan Stern - SwRI, Occultation experiments (SPICAV) Len Tyler - Stanford, Radio science DSN support (bistatic radar, Venus movie, etc) Tommy Thompson Lead for DSN and Program Support Educational Outreach Program lead by Rosalyn Pertzborg and Sanjay Limaye ESA Announcement of Opportunity for Interdisciplinary Scientist is out NASA is considering supporting 1-3 USA VEX IDS 10
Recent NASA Solar System Exploration Strategic Plans 1. NRC Decadal Survey 2002 New Frontiers in the Solar System, an Integrated Exploration Strategy. Technical Report, Space Studies Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. http://www.nap.edu 2. Solar System Exploration Roadmap 2003 The 2003 Solar System Exploration Roadmap is available on line at http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/download-detail.cfm?dl_id=3 3. Strategic Road Map for Solar System Exploration 2005 Available from the Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) website: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/announcements.html 1. 2. 3. 11