symposium 02

Title

Return to the Moon

Description

Scientific highlights from past missions, and goals of planned future missions will be discussed. This session will review concepts for missions to the Moon, ranging from robotic orbiters and landers to eventual human missions. Staging posts which enable human missions will be discussed. The role of robots in preparing for human exploration of the moon will be discussed, as well as the important tasks for humans and robots working together on the lunar surface.

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Dr. Jean-Claude Piedboeuf, Canadian Space Agency, Canada;

• Co-Chair: Prof. Bernard Foing, ILEWG "EuroMoonMars", The Netherlands;

• Co-Chair: Prof. Jitendra Goswami, Physical Research Laboratory, India;