Exploration Road Map

Exploration test bed, resources, solar system history. >Orbiting probe >Robotic landing > Up to one robotic test bed a year > Humans land or later > Up to four more human landings Extended robotic and human operations Past and present water and life; exploration test bed and resources > Two rovers arrived > Orbiting probe > Robotic lander > Mobile scientific lab >Test bed and scout , >Test bed and sample return >Test bed and field lab >Scout >Humans land after >Robotic missions , , Underground oceans, biological chemistry, life >Cassini orbiter arrives at Saturn July 2004, releases probe to land on moon Titan December > Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (Project Prometheus nuclear power/propulsion demo) > Extended operations with Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter to Earth-like planets, life > Spitzer Space Telescope (launched ) > Kepler Mission > Space Interferometry Mission > Webb Telescope > Terrestrial Planet Finder > Operations with Space Interferometry Mission through > Life Finder probe > Planet Imager probe > Telescope deployment, upgrades by humans in deep space , ,