session 5

Title

Astrobiology and Exploration

Description

A new era of space exploration will soon expand into a global endeavour to achieve highly ambitious goals such as establishing human bases on the Moon, journeys to Mars and the construction of new infrastructures in space. Astrobiology plays a key role in the strategic search for organic compounds and life on Mars and other planetary objects in our solar system and can provide support in the preparation of human exploration endeavours. The session invites papers of astrobiological content supporting future robotic and human exploration missions.

Date

2010-09-30

Time

10:15

Room

Small Theatre

IPC members

• Chairman: Prof. Pascale Ehrenfreund, International Space University (ISU), France;

• Chairman: Dr. Gerda Horneck, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany;

• Rapporteur: Dr. Catharine Conley, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States;