ESA European Space Agency EUV Extreme UV Galactic Cosmic Rays GCR InSight Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (mission) IR Infrared ISRU In situ resource utilization LET Linear Energy Transfer MAVEN Mars Atmospheric and Volatile Evolution (mission) Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (instrument, Phoenix) MECA MEDLI Mars Science Laboratory Entry Descent and Landing Instrument (instrument, MSL) MEP Mars Exploration Program MEPAG Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group MER Mars Exploration (mission): and (rovers) Spirit Opportunity MEx Mars Express (mission) MGS Mars Global Surveyor (mission) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (mission) MRO MSL Mars Science Laboratory (mission): Curiosity (rover) MTAO Mars Take-off, Ascent and Orbit-insertion MY Mars Year, a date-convention for Mars observations (see Piqueux et al. 2015) NIR Near-IR National Research Council NRC PBL Planetary Boundary Layer PLD Polar Layered Deposits P-SAG Precursor Strategy Analysis Group (report: Analysis of Strategic Knowledge Gaps Associated with Potential Human Missions to the Martian System) RAD Radiation Assessment Detector (instrument, MSL) RSL Recurring Slope Lineae Solar Energetic Particle SEP SBAG Bodies Assessment Group SKG Strategic Knowledge Gap SRP Supersonic Retro-Propulsion TEGA Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (instrument, Phoenix) TGO Gas Orbiter (mission) UV Ultraviolet App. 3: Goal I Supplemental Information The specific approach and methods involved in any search for life beyond Earth depend critically on how the concepts of life, habitability, and biosignatures are conceived. Below, these concepts are discussed in specific reference to Mars exploration and the strategy outlined in this document. Life
ESA European Space Agency EUV Extreme UV GCR Galactic Cosmic Rays InSight Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (mission) IR Infrared ISRU In situ resource utilization LET Linear Energy Transfer MAVEN Mars Atmospheric and Volatile Evolution (mission) MECA Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (instrument, Phoenix) MEDLI Mars Science Laboratory Entry Descent and Landing Instrument (instrument, MSL) MEP Mars Exploration Program MEPAG Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group MER Mars Exploration (mission): Spirit and Opportunity (rovers) MEx Mars Express (mission) MGS Mars Global Surveyor (mission) MRO Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (mission) MSL Mars Science Laboratory (mission): Curiosity (rover) MTAO Mars Take-off, Ascent and Orbit-insertion MY Mars Year, a date-convention for Mars observations (see Piqueux et al. 2015) NIR Near-IR NRC National Research Council PBL Planetary Boundary Layer PLD Polar Layered Deposits P-SAG Precursor Strategy Analysis Group (report: Analysis of Strategic Knowledge Gaps Associated with Potential Human Missions to the Martian System) RAD Radiation Assessment Detector (instrument, MSL) RSL Recurring Slope Lineae SEP Solar Energetic Particle SBAG Bodies Assessment Group SKG Strategic Knowledge Gap SRP Supersonic Retro-Propulsion TEGA Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (instrument, Phoenix) TGO Gas Orbiter (mission) UV Ultraviolet App. 3: Goal I Supplemental Information The specific approach and methods involved in any search for life beyond Earth depend critically on how the concepts of life, habitability, and biosignatures are conceived. Below, these concepts are discussed in specific reference to Mars exploration and the strategy outlined in this document. Life
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