Reports of the Working Groups: WORKING GROUP D, EARTH, LUNAR, AND PLANETARY (MARS) ENVIRONMENTS

摘要

Working Group D focused on how the space environments around the Moon and Mars are impacted by space weather. It discussed extreme events, including the effects of SEPs. Discussions started with basic scenarios and concepts and progressed to the identification and uses of existing data, currently planned measurements, and the identification of additional new measurements necessary to resolve key unknowns. The group also addressed lessons learned from the study of Earth's upper atmosphere and ionosphere concerning solar-activity-related disturbances that could affect Mars exploration. The group then asked what is currently known, what is not known and needs to be known for the Vision for Space Exploration, and how those issues could be addressed. Each of these questions was considered for the Earth environment, lunar orbit and surface, and Mars orbit and surface.