"" other functions: mars 2020 (M2020) standing review boards (SRB). 3.1. The mars 2020 project is an assigned mission within the mars exploration program of NASA s science mission directorate (SMD).…

"" other functions: mars 2020 (M2020) standing review boards (SRB). 3.1. The mars 2020 project is an assigned mission within the mars exploration program of NASA s science mission directorate (SMD). The mars 2020 project is managed for NASA by jet propulsion laboratory (JPL). The mars 2020 project primary mission goals are: a. To characterize the geologic context and history of a landing site and, using the acquired geologic information, determine the habitability of an ancient environment, assess the biosignature preservation potential within that environment, and seek signs of ancient martian life within the geologic record. B. And/or address the exploration technology objectives to assess in situ resources, identify hazards, and characterize the environment. C. Enable future mars exploration by identifying and rigorously selecting a suite of samples for placement into a cache for potential future return to earth. The mars 2020 mission will use the proven design and technology developed for the mars science laboratory (MSL) mission and rover (curiosity) that arrived at mars in august 2012. The mission will fly a near-duplicate of the MSL rover outfitted with new scientific instruments to meet the above objectives. The mission will be designed to seek signs of past life on mars, and collect and store a compelling set of soil and rock samples that could possibly be returned to earth in the future by a different mission. The mars 2020 mission may include payloads to test new technology to benefit future robotic and human exploration of mars. 3.2. A standing review board (SRB) is responsible for independently assessing the health of the project. Independent reviews of projects are conducted at defined lifecycle milestones and are used to objectively assess the project s progress against the project plan, its readiness to proceed to the next lifecycle phase, compliance with NPR 7120.5E, NPR 7123.B1, NASA space flight program and project management handbook requirements and the SRB handbook. 3.3. The purpose of this task is to obtain support for the M2020 life cycle reviews starting with the SRR through ORR. This includes subsystem reviews and associated activities.