session 3A

Title

Mars Exploration - Part 1

Description

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.

Date

2009-10-14

Time

10:00

Room

Technical Session #8

IPC members

• Chairman: Mr. Vincenzo Giorgio, Thales Alenia Space Italia, Italy;

• Chairman: Dr. Marc D. Rayman, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Walter Faulconer, United States;

• Rapporteur: Dr. Eduardo W. Bergamini, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Brazil;