Mars Exploration – Part 1
The planet Mars is being explored now and in the coming years with multiple robotic missions from a variety of nations. This session will cover current results from ongoing Mars missions and the designs for proposed Mars missions including expected experiments. Papers on any aspects of the search for evidence of extant or extinct Martian life, and forward and backward contamination are particularly welcome.
2014-10-01
Co-Chair: Mr. Vincenzo Giorgio, Thales Alenia Space Italia, Italy;
Co-Chair: Mr. Pierre W. Bousquet, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;
Rapporteur: Mrs. Amalia Ercoli Finzi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy;
Rapporteur: Ms. Cheryl L.B. Reed, Northrop Grumman Corporation, United States;
Order | Time | Paper title | Selection result | Mode | Presentation status | Speaker | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 09:45 | accepted | 20' | withdrawn | Mr. James K. Erickson | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | United States | |
2 | 10:05 | exomars 2016 mission – system integration and verification phase | accepted | 20' | confirmed | Mr. Carlo Cassi | Thales Alenia Space Italia | Italy |
3 | 10:25 | accepted | 20' | confirmed | Dr. Ramon P. De Paula | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | United States | |
4 | 10:45 | Geology and Astrobiology Field Research in Mars Analogue Extreme Environments (ILEWG EuroMoonMars) | accepted | 20' | confirmed | Prof. Bernard Foing | European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC) | The Netherlands |
5 | 11:05 | accepted | 20' | confirmed | Dr. Bruno Musetti | Thales Alenia Space Italia | Italy | |
6 | 11:25 | MSR IOD Study: an end-to-end in orbit demonstration of key technologies for the MSR mission | accepted | 20' | confirmed | Mr. Emanuele Monchieri | Airbus Defence & Space | United Kingdom |
7 | 11:45 | accepted | 20' | withdrawn | Mr. Michael Wilson | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory | United States | |
8 | 12:05 | accepted | 20' | confirmed | Dr. Javier Gomez-Elvira | Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (INTA) | Spain | |
9 | 12:25 | Fungi in Space: what role can fungi play in terraforming Mars? | accepted | 20' | withdrawn | Ms. Rose Tasker | Australia | |
10 | 12:45 | accepted | 20' | confirmed | Ms. Xueyao Wang | China |