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Robert L. Staehle
Researcher at California Institute of Technology
Publications - 26
Citations - 331
Robert L. Staehle is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: CubeSat & Mars Exploration Program. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 26 publications receiving 280 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert L. Staehle include Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Interplanetary CubeSats: Opening the Solar System to a Broad Community at Lower Cost
Robert L. Staehle,Diana L. Blaney,Hamid Hemmati,Martin W. Lo,Pantazis Mouroulis,Paula J. Pingree,Thor Wilson,Jordi Puig-Suari,Austin Williams,Bruce Betts,Louis Friedman,T. Svitek +11 more
TL;DR: The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program in 2011 selected Interplanetary CubeSats for further investigation, some results of which are reported here for Phase 1 as discussed by the authors.
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Methane on Mars and Habitability: Challenges and Responses
Yuk L. Yung,Pin Chen,Kenneth H. Nealson,Sushil K. Atreya,Patrick Beckett,Jennifer G. Blank,Bethany L. Ehlmann,John M. Eiler,Giuseppe Etiope,Giuseppe Etiope,James G. Ferry,François Forget,Peter Gao,Renyu Hu,Armin Kleinböhl,Ronald W. Klusman,Franck Lefèvre,Charles E. Miller,Michael A. Mischna,Michael J. Mumma,Sally Newman,Dorothy Z. Oehler,Mitchio Okumura,Ronald S. Oremland,Victoria J. Orphan,Radu Popa,Michael J. Russell,Linhan Shen,Barbara Sherwood Lollar,Robert L. Staehle,Vlada Stamenkovic,Daniel A. Stolper,Alexis S. Templeton,Ann Carine Vandaele,Sébastien Viscardy,Christopher R. Webster,Paul O. Wennberg,Michael L. Wong,John Worden +38 more
TL;DR: Geological, geochemical, and biogeochemical processes related to the fundamental question: how active is Mars, geochemically and/or biologically, are examined, which suggests the possibility of redox gradients supporting life and habitability on Mars.
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The Holy Grail: A road map for unlocking the climate record stored within Mars’ polar layered deposits
Isaac B. Smith,Isaac B. Smith,Paul O. Hayne,Shane Byrne,Patricio Becerra,Melinda A. Kahre,Wendy M. Calvin,Christine S. Hvidberg,S. M. Milkovich,P. B. Buhler,Margaret E. Landis,Briony Horgan,Armin Kleinböhl,M. R. Perry,R. W. Obbard,Jennifer C. Stern,Sylvain Piqueux,Nicolas Thomas,Kris Zacny,Lynn M. Carter,Lauren A. Edgar,Jeremy Emmett,Thomas Navarro,Thomas Navarro,Jennifer Hanley,Michelle Koutnik,Nathaniel E. Putzig,Bryana L. Henderson,John W. Holt,John W. Holt,Bethany L. Ehlmann,Sergio Parra,D. E. Lalich,Candice Hansen,Michael H. Hecht,Don Banfield,K. E. Herkenhoff,David A. Paige,Mark L. Skidmore,Robert L. Staehle,Matthew A. Siegler +40 more
TL;DR: In a recent workshop, the Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) hosted 38 scientists and engineers who focused on determining the measurements needed to extract the climate record contained in the polar layered deposits (PLD).
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Exploration of Pluto
Robert L. Staehle,Douglas S. Abraham,John B. Carraway,Paul J. Esposito,Christopher G. Salvo,Richard J. Terrile,R. A. Wallace,Stacy S. Weinstein,Elaine R. Hansen +8 more
TL;DR: Two NASA-sponsored cost-constrained mission implementations for the exploration of Pluto are described in this article, including the Pluto Fast Flyby (PFF) and Pluto-350 spacecraft.
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Interplanetary CubeSat missions
TL;DR: The launch and successful operation of the Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats in May of 2018 ushered in a new era of solar system exploration as mentioned in this paper, which utilizes the CubeSat form factor as both primary and supporting exploration platforms.