We advocate for establishing key scientific priorities for the future of Mercury exploration, including the development of specific science goals for a landed mission. We support the Mercury science community in fostering closer collaboration with ongoing and planned exoplanet investigations. The continued exploration of Mercury should be conceived as a multi-mission, multi-generational effort, and that the landed exploration of Mercury be a high scientific priority in the coming decade.
@article{arxiv.2007.09735,
title = {White Paper on the Case for Landed Mercury Science},
author = {Paul K. Byrne and David T. Blewett and Nancy L. Chabot and Steven A. Hauck and II and Erwan Mazarico and Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden and Ronald J. Vervack},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.09735},
year = {2021}
}
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8 pages, 6 figures, white paper prepared for the NASEM Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032