This report presents the outcome of a broad transparent community consultation in space astronomy (in four
(4) sub-disciplines), planetary science (in five (5) sub-disciplines), and astronaut health.
With the support of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), topical teams (TT) were formed through a competitive
process, with terms and condition on the teams’ composition and deliverables. The deliverable from each team
was a community generated report of priorities in their respective scientific discipline.
This resulted in ten (10) topical teams, with memberships totaling over 400 experts from 35 organizations. Each
team was led (chaired) by Canadian academia, and included representations from students, post-doctoral fellows
and industry.
To assist this broad consultation, the Canadian Space Exploration Workshop (CSEW) was held from 14 to 16 June
2022, with discussion sessions led by the topical team Chairs, preceded by an open Call for Ideas for collecting
community input.
The objective of the initiative was to engage each topical team to produce a consensus report that addressed
their related science, with common prioritization criteria based upon scientific merit, importance to the
community, and benefits to Canada.
At the end of this initiative, all the topical teams delivered documents were consolidated and became this
ten (10)-chapter document, over 200-pages, describing the science investigations and desired pathways in detail
for each sub-discipline.
This report may be used as a reference to guide potential future CSA space science investments to ensure that
they are aligned with community priorities.