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: 2011-10-05
Time: 10:00
Room: TS-01

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: Mrs. Amalia Ercoli Finzi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy;

papers
Order	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	The Science Contributions of the Joint ESA/NASA 2016 ExoMars Trace Gas orbiter and the potential impact on future Mars Exploration	15	withdrawn	Dr. Ramon P. De Paula	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	United States
2	Exomars 2016 mission design	15	confirmed	Mr. Carlo Cassi	Thales Alenia Space Italia	Italy
3	Conceptual study and key technology development for Mars aeroflyby sample collection	15	confirmed	Dr. Kazuhisa FUJITA	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
4	Accuracy Simulation of Orbit Determination for YH-1	15	confirmed	Dr. Songjie HU	1)Science and Technology on Aerospace Flight Dynamics Laboratory, China,2)Beijing Aerospace Control Center, China	China
5	A Mars Sample Return Technology Deployment	15	confirmed	Mr. Justin Allport	MDA	Canada
6	Nuclear Propulsion in Spacecraft as a Unique Solution for a Mars Mission	15	withdrawn	Mr. Gurunadh Velidi	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	India
7	SPACE OR SUICIDE ,YES WE CAN !	15	confirmed	Mr. Emmanuel Petrakakis	The Mars Society	Mozambique
8	Habitability studies in preparation for future Mars missions	15	confirmed	Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund	Space Policy Institute, George Washington University	United States
9	Exomars EDM design and development plan	15	confirmed	Mr. Maurizio Capuano	Thales Alenia Space Italia	Italy
10	Planetary Environmental Testing Chamber	15	withdrawn	Dr. Tim van Zoest	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)	Germany
11	Pessef: planetary environment surface and subsurface emulation facility	15	confirmed	Dr. Ivano Musso	ALTEC Spa	Italy

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