R. Bugga, E. Brandon, E. Darcy, R. Ewell, Peter Faguay, Brent E. Futz, R. Gitzendanner, G. Halpert, C. Iannello, Ian J. Jakupca, Leo Leonine, Simon H. Liu, P. Loyselle, Chengsong Ma, Ram Manthiram, E. Plichta, J. Sakamoto, M. Smart, R. Surampudi, J. Troutman, W. West
{"title":"Energy Storage Technologies for Planetary Science and Astrobiology Missions","authors":"R. Bugga, E. Brandon, E. Darcy, R. Ewell, Peter Faguay, Brent E. Futz, R. Gitzendanner, G. Halpert, C. Iannello, Ian J. Jakupca, Leo Leonine, Simon H. Liu, P. Loyselle, Chengsong Ma, Ram Manthiram, E. Plichta, J. Sakamoto, M. Smart, R. Surampudi, J. Troutman, W. West","doi":"10.3847/25C2CFEB.81F58938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/25C2CFEB.81F58938","url":null,"abstract":"Coauthors: Erik Brandon (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Inst. Tech) Eric Darcy (NASA Johnson Space Center ) Richard Ewell (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Inst. Tech) Peter Faguay (Department of Energy) Brent Futz (California Institute of Technology) Rob Gitzendanner (EaglePicher Technologies) Gerald Halpert (JPL Retiree) Chris Iannello (NASA NESC ) Ian Jakupca (NASA-Glenn Research Center ) Leo Leonine (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Simon Liu (Aerospace Corporation) Patricia Loyselle (NASA-Glenn Research Center) Chengsong Ma (SAFT America) Ram Manthiram (University of Texas, Austin) Edward Plichta (General Technical Services LLC) Jeff Sakamoto (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Marshall Smart (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Inst. Tech) Rao Surampudi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Inst. Tech) Joe Troutman (Enersys / Quallion) William West (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Inst. Tech)","PeriodicalId":108352,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the AAS","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129044448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liming Li, R. West, M. Kenyon, C. Nixon, P. Fry, D. Wenkert, M. Hofstadter, Xun Jiang, E. Creecy, A. Sánchez‐Lavega, K. Baines, A. Mallama, Renyu Hu, Richard Achterbert, S. Aslam, D. Banfield, U. Dyudina, J. Fortney, A. Ingersoll, A. Kleinböhl, L. Fletcher, S. Limaye, M. Marley, Michael Smith, K. Soderlund, L. Spilker, C. Young
{"title":"Radiant Energy Budgets and Internal Heat of Planets and Moons","authors":"Liming Li, R. West, M. Kenyon, C. Nixon, P. Fry, D. Wenkert, M. Hofstadter, Xun Jiang, E. Creecy, A. Sánchez‐Lavega, K. Baines, A. Mallama, Renyu Hu, Richard Achterbert, S. Aslam, D. Banfield, U. Dyudina, J. Fortney, A. Ingersoll, A. Kleinböhl, L. Fletcher, S. Limaye, M. Marley, Michael Smith, K. Soderlund, L. Spilker, C. Young","doi":"10.3847/25C2CFEB.0D20E989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/25C2CFEB.0D20E989","url":null,"abstract":"Knowledge of the radiant energy budgets and internal heat of planets and moons is of wide interest in the planetary science community. Some progress has been achieved with recent studies, but there are still significant limitations in current observations and studies. We recommend future exploration to better understand the radiant energy budgets and internal heat of planets and moons in our solar system. 1. Big picture and significance As a fundamental parameter of planets and moons, the radiant energy budget is determined by the absorbed solar energy and the emitted thermal energy (1, 2). Such an energy budget plays an important role in determining the thermal structures of planets and moons (3-6). It can help us understand the geology (e.g., polar ices of Mars) (7), internal heat related to the formation and evolution of giant planets [8-10], and sub-surface internal heat driving the jet plumes on some moons (11-15). For bodies with atmospheres, the radiant energy budgets at the top of atmospheres also set critical boundary conditions for the atmospheric systems (3). The transfer and distribution of radiant energies within the atmospheric systems modify the thermal structure to generate available potential energy. The available potential energy can be converted into kinetic energy to drive atmospheric circulation and the related weather and climate (3-6, 16, 17). Unfortunately, the global radiant energy budget has not been well determined for most of planets and moons (4-6) in our solar system, mainly because the observations of the radiant energies are limited (1, 2, 18, 19). With the advance of space exploration, we expect to get a much better picture of the global radiant energy budget and internal heat for the planets and moons in our solar system. 2. Methodology and observations To determine the radiant energy budgets and hence the internal heat of planets and moons, we have to measure two radiant energies – the absorbed solar energy and the emitted thermal energy. The emitted thermal energy of planets and moons in our solar system is concentrated in the infrared wavelengths, which can be measured by an instrument in the wavelength range 5-400 microns. On the other hand, the solar energy from the Sun is mainly concentrated in the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared wavelengths (0-5 microns). Generally, we measure the reflected solar energy and then compute the absorbed solar energy. The precise measurements of the emitted thermal energy and the reflected solar energy require accurate observations with complete coverage of wavelength and viewing angles (e.g., emission angle and phase angle). The basic methodology of computing the radiant energies is to integrate the radiance over wavelength and viewing angle, which is described in detail in our previous studies (18, 19). The difference between the emitted thermal energy and the absorbed solar energy is generally used to estimate the internal heat of planets and moons","PeriodicalId":108352,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the AAS","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122780943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Newman, V. Airapetian, Michael Battalio, S. Bougher, Adrian C Brown, S. Domagal‐Goldman, S. Fan, S. Guzewich, N. Heavens, Derek Jackson, M. Kahre, M. Mischna, T. McConnochie, L. Neakrase, A. Pankine, J. Pla‐García, M. Richardson, Isaac Smith, A. Solomonidou, A. Soto, A. Toigo, D. Víudez‐Moreiras
{"title":"An Urgently Needed Repository for Planetary Atmospheric Model Output","authors":"C. Newman, V. Airapetian, Michael Battalio, S. Bougher, Adrian C Brown, S. Domagal‐Goldman, S. Fan, S. Guzewich, N. Heavens, Derek Jackson, M. Kahre, M. Mischna, T. McConnochie, L. Neakrase, A. Pankine, J. Pla‐García, M. Richardson, Isaac Smith, A. Solomonidou, A. Soto, A. Toigo, D. Víudez‐Moreiras","doi":"10.3847/25C2CFEB.6974FD2E","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/25C2CFEB.6974FD2E","url":null,"abstract":"Authored by: Claire E. Newman (Aeolis Research) Vladimir Airapetian (NASA-GSFC/American Univ.) J. Michael Battalio (Yale University) Stephen Bougher (University of Michigan) Adrian Brown (Plancius Research) Shawn D. Domagal-Goldman (NASA-GSFC) Siteng Fan (Caltech) Scott D. Guzewich (NASA-GSFC) Nicholas G. Heavens (Space Science Institute) Derek Jackson (Ulster University) Melinda Kahre (NASA-ARC) Michael A. Mischna (JPL) Tim McConnochie (SSI/Univ. of Maryland) Lynn Neakrase (New Mexico State University) Alexey Pankine (Space Science Institute) Jorge Pla-García (CAB, CSIC-INTA) Mark Richardson (Aeolis Research) Isaac Smith (York Univ./Planetary Science Inst.) Anezina Solomonidou (ESA-ESAC) Alejandro Soto (Southwest Research Institute) Anthony Toigo (Johns Hopkins Univ./APL) Daniel Viúdez-Moreiras (CAB, CSIC-INTA)","PeriodicalId":108352,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the AAS","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131834032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Rhoden, J. Englander, E. Morse, Gabe Benavides, K. Walsh, L. Lim
{"title":"Delivering critical science by enabling small interplanetary missions beyond Mars","authors":"A. Rhoden, J. Englander, E. Morse, Gabe Benavides, K. Walsh, L. Lim","doi":"10.3847/25C2CFEB.FAD036F6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/25C2CFEB.FAD036F6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":108352,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the AAS","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128698958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Vance, C. Elder, A. Hofmann, S. Howell, M. Milazzo, R. Pappalardo, J. Noviello, D. A. Patthoff, Z. Khan, J. Rathbun, J. Vertesi
{"title":"Addressing Mental Health in Planetary Science","authors":"S. Vance, C. Elder, A. Hofmann, S. Howell, M. Milazzo, R. Pappalardo, J. Noviello, D. A. Patthoff, Z. Khan, J. Rathbun, J. Vertesi","doi":"10.3847/25C2CFEB.874778EA","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/25C2CFEB.874778EA","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":108352,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the AAS","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115640264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Carr, Mirza Samnani, J. Tani, J. McKaig, Ethan Hammons, D. Newman, K. Ho, A. Ekblaw, Nathan K. Truelove
{"title":"Space Drones: An Opportunity to Include, Engage, Accelerate, and Advance","authors":"C. Carr, Mirza Samnani, J. Tani, J. McKaig, Ethan Hammons, D. Newman, K. Ho, A. Ekblaw, Nathan K. Truelove","doi":"10.3847/25C2CFEB.10E680BD","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/25C2CFEB.10E680BD","url":null,"abstract":"1Georgia Institute of Technology, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Atlanta, GA, USA. 2Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, GA, USA. 3ETH Zurich, Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, Zurich, Switzerland. 4MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, USA. 5MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative, Cambridge, MA, USA. 6Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, USA. *Primary author: cecarr@gatech.edu, +1-617-216-5012.","PeriodicalId":108352,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the AAS","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115704014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NASA Planetary Research and Analysis: What is R&A?","authors":"M. Sykes, J. Castillo‐Rogez, C. Richey, P. Byrne","doi":"10.3847/25C2CFEB.81D9C7D7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/25C2CFEB.81D9C7D7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":108352,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the AAS","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121048303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Scalice, M. Kirven-Brooks, A. Gronstal, M. Milazzo, L. Seyler, J. Foster, N. Cabrol, Lorenzo Williams, Darlene S. S. Lim, Jackie Goordial
{"title":"Power and Responsibility","authors":"D. Scalice, M. Kirven-Brooks, A. Gronstal, M. Milazzo, L. Seyler, J. Foster, N. Cabrol, Lorenzo Williams, Darlene S. S. Lim, Jackie Goordial","doi":"10.3847/25C2CFEB.F0E6CCBD","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/25C2CFEB.F0E6CCBD","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":108352,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the AAS","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130319656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmental Considerations in the age of Space Exploration: the Conservation and Protection of Non-Earth Environments","authors":"M. Vidaurri, Alexander Q. Gilbert","doi":"10.3847/25C2CFEB.F5BDE04B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/25C2CFEB.F5BDE04B","url":null,"abstract":"This document is an abbreviated version of the law review, led by Alexander Q. Gilbert, entitled:\"Major Federal Actions Significantly Affecting the Quality of the Space Environment: Applying NEPA to Federal and Federally Authorized Outer Space Activities.\"Here, we discuss the future of the space environment, and how it is increasingly becoming a human environment with regard to continued robotic and human presence in orbit, planned and proposed robotic and human presence on bodies such as the Moon and Mars, planned space mining projects, the increase use of low-Earth orbit for communications satellites, and other human uses of space. As such, we must evaluate and protect these environments just as we do on Earth. In order to prioritize mitigating threat of contamination, avoiding conflict, and promoting sustainability in space, all to ensure that actors maintain equal and safe access to space, we propose applying the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, to space missions. We put forward three examples of environmental best practices for those involved in space missions to consider: adopting precautionary and communicative structure to before, during, and after missions taking place off-world, environmental impact statements, and transparency in tools that may impact the environment (including radioisotope power sources, plans in case of vehicle loss or loss of trajectory, and others). For additional discussion related to potential space applications of NEPA, NEPA's statutory text, and NEPA's relation to space law and judicial precedent for space, we recommend reading the full law review.","PeriodicalId":108352,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the AAS","volume":"181 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120864713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Bramson, C. Andres, J. Bapst, P. Becerra, S. Courville, C. Dundas, S. Hibbard, J. Holt, S. Karunatillake, A. Khuller, M. Mellon, G. Morgan, R. Obbard, M. Perry, E. Petersen, N. Putzig, H. Sizemore, I. Smith, D. Stillman, P. Wooster
{"title":"Mid-Latitude Ice on Mars: A Science Target for Planetary Climate Histories and an Exploration Target for In Situ Resources","authors":"A. Bramson, C. Andres, J. Bapst, P. Becerra, S. Courville, C. Dundas, S. Hibbard, J. Holt, S. Karunatillake, A. Khuller, M. Mellon, G. Morgan, R. Obbard, M. Perry, E. Petersen, N. Putzig, H. Sizemore, I. Smith, D. Stillman, P. Wooster","doi":"10.3847/25C2CFEB.CC90422D","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/25C2CFEB.CC90422D","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":108352,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the AAS","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124991288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}