Robotic Mars Sample Return (MSR) is a multidisciplinary challenge achievable in the near future. Returning samples from Mars in the next decade requires planning and technology development now.
With the United States planning for launching humans to the Moon and Mars, a sample return before landing humans on the red planet makes sense.
This lecture covers the requirements for a successful Mars Sample Return: * Advance planning * Technology development * Sample analysis * Politics * Planetary protection * Life detection
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