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: 2010-09-29
Time: 15:15
Room: Panorama

IPC members

Chairman: Mr. Vincenzo Giorgio, Thales Alenia Space Italia, Italy;
Chairman: Mr. Walter Faulconer, United States;
Rapporteur: Dr. Marc D. Rayman, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States;
Rapporteur: Dr. Sylvie Espinasse, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands;

papers
Order	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	Overview of the discoveries of MRO and Phoenix and the impact on future Mars Exploration	15	confirmed	Dr. Ramon P. De Paula	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	United States
2	The discovery of liquid water on Mars and its implications	15	confirmed	Prof. Nilton Renno	University of Michigan	United States
3	Relay Telecommunications for the Coming Decade of Mars Exploration	15	confirmed	Dr. Charles D. Edwards	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory	United States
4	The European Robotic Exploration of the Planet Mars	15		Dr. Agustin Chicarro	European Space Agency (ESA)	The Netherlands
5	EXOMARS 2016 MISSION DESIGN STATUS	15	confirmed	Mr. Carlo Cassi	Thales Alenia Space Italia	Italy
6	Exomars Mission 2016: EDL technology demonstrator module for landing on Mars surface	15	confirmed	Mr. Maurizio Capuano	Thales Alenia Space Italia	Italy
7	Localization Network for Planetary Exploration with a Multirobot System	15	confirmed	Mr. Mikko Elomaa	Helsinki University of Technology (TKK)	Finland
8	The Mars Hopper: an impulse driven, long-range, long-lived mobile platform utilizing in-situ Martian resources	15	confirmed	Dr. Steven Howe	USRA	United States
9	An inflatable Auto-Rotation System Concept for Entry, Descent and Landing on Mars	15	confirmed	Mr. Tobias Lutz	EADS Astrium Space Transportation GmbH	Germany
10	Preliminary Design and Analysis for China Mars Landing Exploration Mission	15	confirmed	Prof. Shuang Li	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	China
11	development of Mars exploration and analysis of critical technology	15	confirmed	Mr. Qi Ke jun	CASC	China
12	lidar-based hazard detection and landing site selection for planetary landing	15		Mr. Bei Wang	Harbin Institute of Technology	China

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