The CAESAR New Frontiers Mission: Returning a Sample of a Cometary Nucleus
Abstract
Comet sample analyses can provide unparalleled knowledge about presolar history through the initial stages of planet formation to the origin of life. The Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return (CAESAR) mission will acquire and return to Earth for laboratory analysis surface material from the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P). Most of the sample will be set aside for analysis by generations of scientists using continually advancing tools and methods, yielding an enduring scientific treasure that only sample return can provide.
- Publication:
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European Planetary Science Congress
- Pub Date:
- September 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018EPSC...12..122L