P21H:
“The New Mars Underground”: Science and Exploration of a New Deep Frontier I Posters


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Session ID#: 51671

Session Description:
The Martian underground within a depth of a few miles is of enormous interest for planetary sciences. But so far, studies and exploration of Mars’ subsurface have taken a back seat to exploration of its surface. This is now changing with the imminent Mars InSight (NASA) & ExoMars (ESA) missions, Mars Sample Return calling for a deeper understanding of the shallow Mars subsurface, plans for human exploration, and as better technical capabilities and scientific understanding finally enable accessing the Mars underground. We seek contributions that encompass the nature and diversity of Mars crustal subsurface environments (modeling, experiments, observations) or the tools for exploring them (sounding, drilling, cave explorer robotics, in situ analysis techniques). Broad themes are related to the distribution/cycling of subsurface water (ice/liquid), brines and other volatiles, the astrobiological (extinct or extant life) and ISRU potential of Mars’ subsurface, and the technologies and mission concepts that enable such exploration.
Primary Convener:  Vlada Stamenkovic, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Penelope Jane Boston, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States, Robert E Grimm, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Kris Zacny, Honeybee Robotics-Blue Origin, Altadena, United States
Primary Liaison:  Vlada Stamenkovic, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs:  Vlada Stamenkovic, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Robert E Grimm, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Kris Zacny, Honeybee Robotics-Blue Origin, Altadena, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Robert E Grimm, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Co-Organized with:
Planetary Sciences, Near Surface Geophysics, and Biogeosciences

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • C - Cryosphere
  • H - Hydrology
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
Index Terms:

0456 Life in extreme environments [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0758 Remote sensing [CRYOSPHERE]
1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
6225 Mars [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The Beginning of Mars Subsurface Hydrology in 4D (393812)
Vlada Stamenkovic1, Ana-Catalina Plesa2 and Doris Breuer2, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany
Computation of Martian crustal densities as a function of pressure, temperature, composition, and fluid content (396318)
Julia Semprich, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States, Allan H Treiman, Lunar & Planetary Inst, Houston, TX, United States and Susanne P Schwenzer, The Open University, AstrobiologyOU, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Influence of clay minerals on the slope angles and its implication for subsurface water in Mars (402327)
Yuhki Matsuoka, Hiroshima University, Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan and Ikuo Katayama, Hiroshima Univ, Hiroshima, Japan
Sample Analysis Approaches on Mars Subsurface Missions (414761)
William B Brinckerhoff1, Andrej Grubisic1, Xiang Li2, Stephanie Getty1, Friso H W van Amerom3, Ryan Danell4, Lauren Singer5, Jennifer C Stern6, Jennifer L Eigenbrode1, Paul R Mahaffy5 and Desmond Kaplan7, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)UMBC Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology (CRESST), Baltimore, United States, (3)Mini Mass Consulting, Hyattsville, United States, (4)Danell Consulting, Winterville, NC, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar System Exploration Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (7)KapScience LLC, Tewksbury, United States
Architectures for Deep Drilling on Mars (423608)
Kris Zacny1, Gale Paulsen1, Rohit Bhartia2, Peter Ngo3, Luther W Beegle4 and Bolek Mellerowicz1, (1)Honeybee Robotics Pasadena, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Honeybee Robotics, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)Melanie Sauer & Associates LLC, Sierra Madre, United States
PLANETARY CAVES AS ASTROBIOLOGY TARGETS (437558)
Jennifer G Blank, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science & NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States
Mapping and Characterizing Subsurface Ice in Arcadia Planitia using Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Shallow Radar Instrument (SHARAD) (452690)
Zachary Mason Bain1, Isaac B Smith1, Nathaniel E Putzig2 and Ali M Bramson3, (1)Planetary Science Institute, Lakewood, CO, United States, (2)Planetary Science Institute, Lakewood, United States, (3)University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States
Assessing Groundwater Support of Gale Crater Lakes with a Coupled Hydrothermal Model (459470)
Mark Baum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States and Robin Wordsworth, Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Assessment of Geophysical Methods for Groundwater Detection and Characterization on Mars (399141)
Robert E Grimm, Southwest Research Institute, Planetary Science Directorate, Boulder, United States and David E Stillman, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States

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