Milestones for Manned Exploration of Mars

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Milestones for Manned Exploration of Mars
6. Mid-course
Earth
Interplanetary trajectory
Mars
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3. Orbit Insertion and Landing
Example
Predict the neutral density and wind structures
for successful aerocapture and landing
Need
Enabling Capabilities Measurements
Empirical models of Mars Atmospheric structure
Archival and real-time measurements of density,
temperature, winds, surface to 250 km
First principles data-assimilating models for
predicting atmospheric structure
Basic Understanding
Non-LTE radiative transfer
Wave-wave interactions at all scales
Wave-turbulence interactions
Surface interactions
Parameterizations of turbulence and gravity wave
effects in GCMs
Dust evolution and characteristics
Wave-mean flow interactions
Neutral instabilities
Supporting Missions