International Mars Ice Mapper Mission
Measurement Definition Team (MDT)
Overview + Status
Tim Haltigin
Canadian Space Agency, MDT Executive Committee

Michèle Lavagna
Politecnico di Milano, MDT Co-Chair

Jeff Plaut
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, MDT Co-Chair

Michelle Viotti
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, MDT Executive Committee Technical Team

This is an update on the status of the Mars Ice Mapper Measurement Definition Team.
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APPROACH

Approach to team composition and activities builds from prior experience.

Philosophy• Draw from experience where possible, innovate
where necessary
Key Precedents• Mars 2020 Science Definition Team (M2020 SDT)
• Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group 2(MSPG2)• Human Landing Sites Study (HLS2)

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Open Competitive Process• August 2021: “Dear Colleague” letter and MDT Charter
posted inviting international applicantsØ 147 highly qualified applications received• November 2021: Team selections finalizedTeam Composition• Expertise spread across planetary and science and humanexploration• 10 countries represented• Diversity across gender and career stage

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I-MIM MDT IMPLEMENTION
Michèle Lavagna / Jeff Plaut, Co-Chairs

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MDT VS SDTRecon/Science Measurement Definition Team differs from traditional SDT.
Traditional SDT Process:• a Science Definition Team (SDT) defines mission objectives, observation requirements, and anotional payload suite
For I-MIM:•Agency partners have agreed upon preliminary Mission Concept goals, objectives, and spacecraft/payload
assumptions to reflect both common and unique national reconnaissance and science goals for Mars exploration•

The MDT brings together the traditional planetary science community AND users of the requirements-driven
reconnaissance measurement data for human mission planning

MDT Ground Rules & Assumptions•Core mission requirements are reconnaissance-driven•Primary anchor payload is a compact-polarimetric L-band SAR/Sounder•Agency partners are committed to maximizing return on investment through high value, investigation-driven
supplemental science and mission-support objectives

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MDT STEPSI-MIM MDT: MEASUREMENT TRACEABILITY MATRIX (MTM) ROADMAP

Reconnaissance
Goal

ReconnaissanceObjective

Provided by partner agencies

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Step 3

Step 4

Step 5Observations
NeededRadar Mode /Data ProductFunctionalRequirement

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Program Executive

IndependentAssessment TeamRICHARD (RICK) DAVISMDT Executive Committee

Ex Officio
MARTIN BERGERON (CSA)
MICHAEL MEYER (NASA)

ENRICO FLAMINICANADAITALYJAPANUSTIM HALTIGIN

RAFFAELE MUGNUOLOTOMO USUIMIKE KELLEY

JIM HEAD
GORO KOMATSU
RALPH LORENZMICHAEL MISCHNA+ Possible Human Spaceflight Rep

Co-Chairs

Facilitation / Technical SupportLogisticsMICHÈLE LAVAGNA | JEFF PLAUTELEANORA AMMANNITO, DAVID HOLLIBAUGH BAKER, TAKANORI IWATA,SATORU OZAWA, PATRICK PLOURDE, MICHELLE VIOTTILAURA RATLIFF, BOB COLLOMALI BRAMSON - Assistant Co-ChairCore Reconnaissance / Science Team
AHARONSONBRAMSONGOLOMBEKIESSANDERSON

BYRNE

GRANT

AO

CALVINGRIMABERNARDINIDALYFERRARI
FRIGERI

Early Career GroupMIYAMOTOPEARCETAMPPARIIMAMURAMUNK

PUTZIG

THOMASKUMAMOTO

NAKAGAWA

SEKI

WHYTE

HAMRAN

LEVY

NEISH

SEKINEHARKNESSLILLISOROSEISIBILLE

HOFFMANMAEZAWAPATTERSON

SMITHAppointed by partner agencies
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Selected from applicants

AOKI
BICKEL

BUTCHERGANESHGENOVAHARRINGTONHIBBARDKUROKAWALALICHNEROZZISARGEANTSTUURMANTeam member nationality and description of expertise available at:https://science.nasa.gov/science-pink/s3fs-public/atoms/files/MDT%20Selectees%20List.pdf

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M D T S TAT E M E N T O F WO R K

Task 1: Core Reconnaissance Mission
We Are Here• Provide detailed measurement requirements traceable to mission reconnaissance goal/objectives foranchor radar payload• If radar payload is not uniquely capable of satisfying the reconnaissance objectives, identify
measurements that are required and propose additional payload(s) to meet the requirements
Task 2: Potential Mission Augmentation Options to Maximize Return on Investment• Define additional recon and science objectives that could be met with reference payload• Assess and prioritize technical and scientific options for augmenting the core mission• Feasibility assessment of supplemental payload(s) and/or modest modifications to recon payload(s)Task 3: Concept of Operations• Prepare a model operational concept based on findings from Tasks 1 and 2

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8ORGANIZATION & PROCESS FOR TASK 1
CORE R ECONNAISSANCE M ISSION
1.
2.
3.
4.

FOCUS G ROUPS : Organized by Recon Objective.
H UMAN M ISSION P LANNING E XPERTS :RADAR E XPERTS :ALL:

Define Questions and Observations Needed. (Radar/Human Mission Experts embedded in each.)
Validate key questions and observations needed.
Turn questions/observations into functional instrument requirements.
Generate recon traceability matrix that lead to mission requirements definitions.

Co-Chairs
Output: Step 3
Observations Needed in Recon Traceability Matrix

FOCUS GROUP
RO-1: ICE
FOCUS GROUP
RO-2: GEOTECH+Output: Steps 4 & 5
Data Product Type / Functional Req’ts

HUMAN
MISSION
PLANNING
EXPERTS
Output:

FOCUS GROUP
RO-3:
CANDIDATE SITESABCD

Hi-res, advanced measurements for:A Human-led Ice Science; B Ice-related ISRU
C Human-class Landing/Launch; D Civil Engineering
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Validation ofSteps 3-5 Products(and Prioritization atsynthesis level, ifneeded)=Output:
Recon Traceability Matrix

Review by All

RADAR
EXPERTSIf radar cannot meet allobservation requirements:
Additional Measurements /Requirements Needed

POTENTIAL EXPERTS FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL PAYLOAD( S)/MEASUREMENTS NECESSARY
TO MEETR EQ’ TS- DRIVING MISSIONRECON OBJECTIVES

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All

MDT Tasks 1-3 Phasing

ASICSA

JAXA

NASA NSO?

Heavy SAR Focus/Recon Requirements driven; Recon Con Ops
Early Organization

Final Report Prep
Extended Use of SAR for Science & Additional Payloads/Rideshares ConOps

NOV 30
Kickoff

FEBJANDECJAN 11
New Year Start~ 5.5 weeks

FEB 18Interim Report

APRMAR~ 5 weeks

MAR 25
Near-final Summary~ 3 weeks

APR 14
Final Report*DEC
Background Briefings
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S U M M A RY

I-MIM Measurement Definition Team (MDT) was competitively selected from aroundthe world

MDT Final Report expected in April and will be shared with the MEPAG community

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Ice detection leads to eventual convergence in a future sustained human-robotic presence on Mars.

• Critical both for Mars reconnaissance-driven
measurements for the human exploration ofMars and for planetary science priorities• Human-exploration and science objectives will
eventually converge when human explorers areable to live and work on the Martian surface,

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A G E N C Y- L E V E L
E X P LO R AT I O N - D R I V E N G O A L

AGENCY-LEVEL
SUPPLEMENTAL VALUE GOAL

(DRIVES REQUIREMENTS)(MAXIMIZES RETURN ON INVESTMENT)

Map and characterize accessible subsurface (top 10m) ice
and its overburden in mid-to-low latitudes to support
planning for the first potential human surface missions.

As possible, provide high-value science opportunities
and high-priority mission-support capabilities that serveboth reconnaissance and science.

R EC O N N A I S SA N C E O B J EC T I V ES
In the Reconnaissance Zone (RZ*):

SUPPLEMENTAL MISSION SUPPORTOBJECTIVES

Within mission boundary conditions (recon req’ts, budget, schedule, operational complexity, partner commitments):

RO-1

RO-2

RO-3

Detect, map, and inventory
the spatial distribution and
Where is the ice?
depth-to-ice of water ice inthe near surface (top 010m).
How much is there?

Detect characterize, andmap surface/near-surface
What is the naturegeotechnicalproperties
oftheregolith(roughness, compactness)to provide
fundamental
above atheice?
understandingoftheaccessibility of water-ice
resources (characterizationof the overburden and thestructural stability of theterrain).

Provide detailed high-res
maps of targeted areas ofWhat specificinterest that: have adequate
considerations(RO-1)
and accessible (RO-2)
water
ice,
areto asare required
equatorwardaspossible,characterize potential
and model the potential forcandidatesitesscience,forhuman-led
surfacehuman-classEDL,
ISRU,andhuman exploration?
civil engineering.

*RECONNAISSANCE ZONE (RZ):
Midlatitude, low elevation, terrain-favorable areas on Mars wherehuman exploration is likely viable in terms of human-led surface science potential, in-situ resource
utilization, engineering constraints associated with landing and surface operations, and other such factors.
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SUPPLEMENTAL SCIENCEOBJECTIVES
SSO-1
Extend survey of shallow water
ice to a near-global scale
SSO-2 What additional
EnableScientific
Observations
scientificinvestigationsof Opportunityaligned withcan be conducted?
high-priority international
community goals (e.g., Martianclimatology and geology, the volatile
history of Mars, habitability etc.)

MSO-1
Provide communications relay capability tosupport the expected high data volume needed
to meet mission Reconnaissance Requirements,
Whatnear
supplemental
technologies/
to support
continuous, highdata rates for
payloads
existing and recon/science
future missions (including
MSR and a
new class of smallcouldmissionsbe), andto test a precursor,included?
to a next-generation infrastructure for future
human missions.
MSO-2Consider additional payloads, rideshares,extended operations, and leverage of capabilities
for future human and robotic Mars missions

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CURRENT PARTNER AGENCIES

Solar Arrays

Primary Payload•

L-band compact polarimetric
SAR/Nadir SAR Sounder
Decades of EO SAR expertisethrough RADARSAT missions• Potential contribution of Flexible
Compact Array (FCA)
Extensive expertise in solar arrays(Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands:> 85 space missions, 100% successfully deployed)

Spacecraft• Spacecraft bus and operations
Extensive spacecraft & SAR expertise(Hayabusa, Hayabusa2, MMX,Mission Architect / Mission Management• Launch vehicle/services• Potential high-altitude communications network• Recon/Science Team Co-lead
Decades of experience at Mars and in
human spaceflight/mission architectures

ALOS L-band, GPM SAR)

Reflector Antenna/Boom and Communications Subsystem•

Communications Subsystem on SARbird
Decades of Radar + Communications Expertise(Cassini, JUICE, Bepi Columbo)

Concept Team roles only; partners have not yet made formal commitment. Additional Partners are possible.
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