symposium 08

Title

Exploration of Mars

Description

Scientific highlights from past missions, and goals of planned future missions will be discussed. Furthermore, this session will review concepts for missions to the Mars system, ranging from robotic missions to human missions. The role of robots in preparing for human exploration of Mars will be discussed, as well as the important tasks for humans and robots working together on and near Mars.

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Prof. Pascale Ehrenfreund, International Space University (ISU), France;

• Co-Chair: Dr. Stephan Ulamec, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany;

• Support: Dr. Victor Aleksandrovich Vorontsov, Lavochkin Association, Russian Federation;