Synthesis of the Planetary Exploration - Horizon 2061 - foresight exercise
- Paper number
IAC-21,A3,1,2,x62144
- Author
Mr. Pierre W. Bousquet, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
- Coauthor
Prof. Michel Blanc, France, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
- Coauthor
Dr. Eleonora Ammannito, Italy, INAF
- Coauthor
Dr. Maria Teresa Capria, Italy, Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology (IAPS)
- Coauthor
Dr. Veronique Dehant, Belgium, Royal Observatory of Belgium
- Coauthor
Prof. Bernard Foing, The Netherlands, ILEWG "EuroMoonMars"
- Coauthor
Prof. Manuel Grande, United Kingdom, Aberystwyth University
- Coauthor
Prof. Linli Guo, China, China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Coauthor
Dr. Aurore Hutzler, The Netherlands, ESA
- Coauthor
Dr. Jeremie Lasue, France, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
- Coauthor
Dr. Jonathan Lewis, United States, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (USRA)
- Coauthor
Dr. Ralph L. McNutt, Jr., United States, The John Hopkins University
- Coauthor
Dr. Maria Antonietta Perino, Italy, Thales Alenia Space Italia
- Coauthor
Prof. Heike Rauer, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Institute for Planetary Research
- Year
2021
- Abstract
The “Planetary Exploration, Horizon 2061” long-term community foresight exercise has been proposed by the Air and Space Academy and led by scientists, engineers and technology experts heavily involved in planetary sciences and in the exploration of the Solar System. This foresight exercise has been elaborated over 3 workshops held in 2016 in Bern, in 2018 in Lausanne and in 2019 in Toulouse. It has been opened to all scientists, engineers, technicians, journalists, industry and space agencies, students and people interested in the future of planetary exploration and the space adventure. The ultimate objective of this sequence of workshops is to develop a long-term picture of the four pillars of planetary exploration: 1. the major scientific questions; 2. the different types of relevant space missions; 3. the key required technologies; 4. the needs in terms of supporting infrastructures and services. The year 2061 corresponds to the return of Halley’s comet into the inner Solar System, the centennial of the first human space flight, and President Kennedy’s Moon initiative. It symbolizes the intention to encompass both robotic and human exploration in the same perspective. In the early workshops, planetary scientists were invited to formulate the most important scientific questions that need to be addressed and solved to make progress in our understanding of Planetary Systems, a new class of astrophysical objects which are ubiquitous in our Galactic neighborhood but can be explored in-situ only in our Solar System! These science questions have been formulated independently of the a priori technical possibilities to address them. Subsequently, engineers and technology experts have been invited to contribute to the exercise to seek for innovative technical solutions that will make it possible to fly the challenging space missions needed. We will give an overview of Horizon 2061 results. The talk will give a particular focus on pillars 2 and 3, elaborating the major future planetary exploration missions that have been formulated, and their translation into technology requirements. Acknowledgements: The authors of this abstract would like to express their sincere thanks to all the participants to the different Horizon 2061 meetings, whose inputs and ideas are the basis for this report. All their names can be found here: http://horizon2061.cnrs.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/H2061_participants_List_19-02-2020.xlsx
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