Primary Convener:
Melissa Trainer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Convener:
Conor Nixon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Morgan Cable, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Charles Hibbitts, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Chair:
Conor Nixon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Morgan Cable, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

The pace of innovation in planetary science mission and instrument concepts continues at a rapid clip. The Planetary Decadal survey highlights the vast array of scientific questions to be answered through exploration of our diverse solar system. Commercial and government-commercial partnerships are expanding the range, frequency, and risk tolerance in solar system exploration. In current challenging budgetary times, with many destinations and science questions to choose from, development of lightweight, low-cost, cutting-edge technologies remains more important than ever. The advent of affordable, accessible Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the past several years may present an exciting enabling technology for planetary missions, but also raises questions about safety and reliability. In this session we solicit concepts for novel planetary missions and instruments across the entire spectrum of technologies that can play a role in future exploration of the solar system.

Index Terms
6094 Instruments and techniques
5794 Instruments and techniques
6297 Instruments and techniques
5494 Instruments and techniques

Neighborhoods:
4. Beyond Earth