2001 Mars Odyssey - Proposal Information Package (PIP)

2001 Mars Odyssey-PIP2.pdf (1.23 MB)

This Proposal Information Package (PIP) document describes the Mars Exploration Program 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter (Mars 2001), in support of the announcement of opportunity for participating scientists (Research Opportunities In Space Science?2001, NRA-01-OSS-01). Section 1.0 is an overview of the Mars Exploration Program and the Mars 2001 mission. Section 2.0 provides an overview of orbiter operations followed by detailed descriptions of the Orbiter instruments: the Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS) in Section 3.0, the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) in Section 4.0, and the Martian Radiation Environment Experiment (MARIE) in Section 5.0. Section 6.0 provides listing of web sites. Section 7.0 lists the references, and Section 8.0 lists the acronyms used in this document. Appendix A contains a draft of the 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter Archive Generation, Validation, and Transfer Plan.