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In the past 50 years, our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Solar System has grown exponentially, in large part due to the availability of meteorites and the success of sample return missions. This book contains fourteen papers, each led by a team of expert scientists, which review our present understanding of Solar System formation and evolution through sample analysis.The chapters are structured around three main themes: (i) initial conditions and workings of the Solar System; (ii) planetary habitats; and (iii) sample curation. Through these themes, the volume presents the outstanding scientific questions to be addressed through future missions, identifies specific target bodies to be studied, and evaluates relevant sample curation facilities. In all, the book is intended to assist in formulating a viable strategy for planning future sample return missions.Previously published in Space Science Reviews in the Topical Collection "Role of Sample Return in Addressing Major Questions in Planetary Sciences"
Contents
Preface.- Accretion of the Earth - Missing Components?.-Oxygen Isotopes and Sampling of the Solar System.-Revolutionizing our Understanding of the Solar System via Sample Return from Mercury.- What is the oxygen isotope composition of Venus? The scientific case for sample return from Earth's "sister" planet.- Constraining the evolutionary history of the Moon and the inner Solar System: A case for new returned lunar samples.- The non-carbonaceous-carbonaceous meteorite dichotomy.- Exploring the bimodal Solar System via sample return from the main asteroid belt: The case for revisiting Ceres.- Concepts of the small body sample return missions - The 1st 10 Ma year evolution of the solar system.- Organic matter in the Solar System - implications for future on-site and sample return missions.- The Importance of Phobos Sample Return for Understanding the Mars-moon System.- Exploring Mars with Returned Samples.- Sample collection and return from Mars: Optimising sample collection based on the microbial ecology of terrestrial volcanic environments.- Concerns of organic contamination for sample return space missions.- Advanced Curation of Astromaterials for Planetary Science.
