The Mars Exploration Program

1. Still Following the Water The Mars Exploration Program Doug McCuistion Director, Mars Exploration Program NASA HQ Science Mission Directorate International Workshop March 8-10, 2005

2. Agenda • Mars Exploration Program – The Current Decade • Next Decade of Mars Exploration • Strategic Roadmapping and the US National Vision • Review of Key Messages from the 2004 International Workshop

3. Mars Exploration Program - the Current Decade 2

4. Comparison: FY2005 President’s Budget vs. FY2006 President’s Budget Science Mission Directorate (SMD)

5. Mars Program Budget

6. Near-Term Missions 2005: MRO 2007: Phoenix • All instruments delivered and integrated • S/C completed acoustics, shock and thermal vac • Ship to KSC: April • Launch Window: August 10-30 • Payload PDRs Completed in November • Heritage Reviews Completed in December • Mission-level PDR this week • Confirmation Review April 2005 • Launch August 2007

7. MER MSL Landed Mass 174 kg ~600 kg Designed Driving 600 m 5000-10,000 m Distance Mission Duration 90 sols 687 sols Power/Sol 400 - 950 w/hr ~2400 w/hr Instruments (#/mass) 7/5.44 kg 6-9/65 kg Data Return 50-150 Mb/sol 100-400 Mb/sol 500-1000 Mb/sol (with MTO) EDL Ballistic Entry Guided/Precision Entry Late-Decade Missions 2009: MSL 2009: MTO • S/C RFP released November 2004; contract award expected in March/April 2005 • Science AO under development; planning to release internal draft AO by mid-March • Launch October 2009

8. MSL Payload International Contributions Instrument Contribution Complete Instrument

9. Roadmapping to Integrate Strategic Priorities

10. “Search for Past Life” Pathway Example Scout & Mars Testbed 2006 President’s Budget Mars Testbed Mars Testbed

11. International Partnerships • Extensive International cooperation has been successful in the Mars Program • MGS – France, Austria • Odyssey – Russia, France • MER – Germany, Denmark • MRO – Italy, UK • MEX – US on ESA s/c • Phoenix – Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Canada • MSL – Spain, France, Russia, Canada, Germany • Mars Exploration Program intends to continue, and hopefully expand, international partnerships

12. Key Topics from November Workshop • Mars is the central exploration focus for nearly all countries • Most countries haven’t identified the Moon as stepping stone to Mars in their strategic planning (with robotic precursors) • Current planning in countries other than the U.S. is driven by the science priorities developed within their own science constituencies and the global marketplace • Mars Sample Return was the highest Mars priority in general • Most countries are application-driven • Their missions and products have to be traced to specific technologies with clearly-defined societal benefits • A large amount of technology development will be required to enable exploration • There are a lot of relevant technologies that are planned or being developed that will be extremely valuable to exploration • Everyone is excited about the potential for true collaboration • This workshop is a good first step – engaging potential partners before plans are set in stone • We need to learn the lessons from past collaborative efforts • There are many robotic missions planned to both the Moon and Mars • Collaboration on key missions such as Mars Sample Return is advantageous for all • Sharing of data from missions is essential to moving forward in a collaborative way • This is an area where innovative new practices could be of great benefit to Exploration

13. Science Mission Directorate (SMD) International Conference • An opportunity to continue our dialog on collaboration • Workshop Goals • Present NASA/SMD’s sceince priorities, especially in light of the National Vision for Space Exploration • Identify areas for mutually beneficial collaboration in science • Build on existing and ongoing relationships, as well as dialog from the Exploration Workshop in November 2004

14. In Conclusion…. • NASA’s Mars Exploration Program is healthy, continuing to make new discoveries • NASA strategic roadmapping activities have the potential to yield great opportunities, as well as new challenges • Human Exploration precursor technology and mission needs are being integrated • Mars Science will have additional opportunities with the US National Vision (and Aurora?) • We must work together—human exploration and science—through … • strategic collaborations, • tactical contributions, • and robust commitments

15. Backup

16. Actions from November Workshop • Most agencies indicated a strong interest in the Science Mission Directorate International meeting next March • Action by 2/05: Ensure workshop agenda is synergistic with Exploration and we clearly communicate the intersection of the two programs (COMPLETE) • International Working Groups are and effective mechanism for developing strategies and roadmaps (I.e. Mars Exploration Program Working Group) • Action by 1/05: Ensure we have adequate International participation in these groups and that the charters are synergistic with Exploration. Lunar Exploration Program Analysis Group is next step. (COMPLETE) • Some agencies indicated a desire for bi-lateral discussions regarding the key capabilities we identified. • Action by 4/05: Determine the requirements, schedule, content of bi-lateral discussions regarding key capabilities. • Sharing of data from missions is essential to moving forward in a collaborative way • Action by 8/05: Determine strategy for developing common access to mission data. (SELENE is first step) • There are many robotic missions planned to both the Moon and Mars • Action by 8/05: Engage key agencies in Roadmapping activities in order to suggest the best near-term mission sets for a collaborative program. (Common action with Session #1).