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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 94 - Reno - November 2004
Agenda Location	7 SUBCOMMITTEE B – Missiles and Space Vehicles 7.2 JPL Mars Exploration Plans
Title	JPL Mars Exploration Plans
Presenter	Tibor S. Balint and James F. Jordan
Affiliation	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Abstract	NASA's Mars Exploration Program represents a science driven effort to understand and characterize the Red Planet. The Mars Exploration Program Assessment Group (MEPAG) identified four goals in order to gain insight into the dynamic system of Mars. These goals are: (1) searching for past or present life by looking for biological markers, (2) determining the climate cycles, (3) determining the geology through surface and interior measurements, and (4) preparing for human exploration. Consequently, program plans for the next decade follow a systematic strategy through three themes. Namely, following the water, following the carbon, and using robotic technology-demonstration testbed missions to prepare for human exploration.