The Search for Habitable Worlds
Planetary Exploration in the 21st Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9684814 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James F Bell (0009-0003-3112-0857, James F. Bell III is a Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University in Tempe and President of The Planetary Society. He has been involved in many of NASA's recent robotic solar system exploration missions, including as lead scientist for the Pancam color stereo cameras on the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity and as a member of the science camera team on the Curiosity rover. He has published the space photography books Postcards from Mars, Mars 3-D, and Moon 3-D. He) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 141 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 8-22 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed_a_00157 |
| OpenAlex | W2110491214 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The search for and detailed characterization of habitable environments on other worlds – places where liquid water, heat/energy sources, and biologically important organic molecules exist or could have once existed – is a major twenty-first-century goal for space exploration by NASA and other space agencies, motivated by intense public interest and highly ranked science objectives identified in recent National Academy decadal surveys. Through telescopic observations, terrestrial laboratory and field studies, and a “flyby, orbit, land, rove, and return” strategy for robotic exploration, particular emphasis will be placed on specific worlds already identified as potentially habitable: Mars, Jupiter's ocean moon Europa, and Saturn's icy and organic-bearing moons Titan and Enceladus. However, the potential abounds for surprising discoveries at many of our solar system's other planetary, satellite, and asteroidal destinations, as well as within newly discovered planetary systems around other stars
Astrobiology · Astronomy · Enceladus · Habitability · Icy moon · Mars Exploration Program · Physics · Planet · Planetary habitability · Saturn · Solar System · Space exploration · Terrestrial planet · Titan (rocket family · Astro and Planetary Science · Planetary Science and Exploration · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2015 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |