SCIENCE TRACEABILITY TOOL

The Science Traceability Tool has been developed to help with the initial stages of design and construction of a STM for life detection missions. The tool is not intended to generate a final, competition-ready STM, which typically requires months of iterations, but to help understand how an STM is built and to help visualize how different life detection strategies may be captured in a science traceability format. The contents prescribed by the Science Traceability Tool are intended for guidance purposes only. The final wording and information presented in the different sections of the STM are the responsibility of the mission team. For example, Science Objectives may be defined more broadly or more specifically than prescribed by the Science Traceability Tool. Examples of variations are available in the Europa Lander and Enceladus Orbilander mission concept study reports. The initial contents of the STM generated with this tool can be exported as ‘.csv' files so they can be further..