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Author(s):
Jennifer Stern, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (First Author, Presenting Author)
Heather Graham, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Bradley Burcar, NASA Headquarters
Emily Martin, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Aaron Noell, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kevin Hand, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jeff Bowman, University of California, San Diego
Peter Doran, Louisiana State University
Virginia Edgcomb, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
James Holden, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Alta Howells, NASA Ames Research Center
Michael Malaska, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Jill Mikucki, University of Tennessee
Brook Nunn, University of Washington Seattle Campus
Jani Radebaugh, Brigham Young University
Laura Rodriguez, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Schuyler Borges, Northern Arizona University
Dina Bower, University of Maryland, College Park/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Samuel Courville, Arizona State University
Melisa Diaz, The Ohio State Univeristy
Benjamin Hockman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Julie Huber, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Justin Lawrence, Honeybee Robotics
Trista Vick-Majors, Michigan Technological University
Conor Nixon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
John Spear, Colorado School of Mines
Amanda Steckel, University of Colorado Boulder
Anezina Solomonidou, Hellenic Space Center (HSC)
Nicholas Schmerr, University of Maryland
Britney Schmidt, Cornell University
Matthew Schrenk, Michigan State University
Lauren Seyler, Stockton University
Amy Smith, Bard College at Simon's Rock
Catherine Walker, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus
Patrick Whelley, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Natalie Wolfenbarger, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Steven D. Vance, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology


Oceans and ice shells can be found on many planetary bodies in our solar system. However, missions to these distant environments are few and far between, unlike our closer neighbor, Mars. Because of this, field work is an especially important component to studies of ocean and icy moons of the outer solar system. However, there aren’t many places on Earth with characteristics that match these exotic environments. Therefore it is important to determine which characteristics of the environment are most important for addressing the specific science question or engineering challenge. As part of a workshop, we developed a framework to help scientists figure this out and evaluate other important considerations such as safety and logistical access. We believe using this framework will incentivize researchers to consider a broader range of field analogues, including those that are closer to home and less expensive to get to. This, in turn could open up ocean worlds research at terrestrial analogues to more people, including early career researchers and those new to the field.



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