session 5

Title: Astrobiology and Exploration
Description: Astrobiology plays a key role in the preparation of space exploration endeavours to find life in our solar system and beyond. Investigating habitability constraints and instrument technology to search for organic compounds and life provides support to current and future robotic missions to inner and outer solar system bodies as well as human exploration missions targeting the Earth-Moon-Mars space. The session invites papers of astrobiological content supporting space exploration.
Date: 2012-10-04
Time: 10:15
Room: TS12 (Sala Stromboli, Palacongressi)

IPC members

Chairman: Dr. Petra Rettberg, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany;
Chairman: Prof. Pascale Ehrenfreund, International Space University (ISU), France;
Rapporteur: Dr. Inge ten Kate, SETI Institute, United States;

papers
Order	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	Habitability in the Solar System	20'	confirmed	Dr. Frances Westall	CNRS	France
2	Challenges Associated with the Remote Detection of Methane as a Primitive Biosignature	15'	withdrawn	Ms. Julia DeMarines	International Space University (ISU)	United States
3	Underwater exploration mission on Europa Jovian moon	15'	withdrawn	Dr. Rodrigo Perez	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid	Spain
4	Rosetta, Hayabusa 2, and the Emergence of life	20'	confirmed	Prof. Jean-Pierre Bibring		France
5	The Phobos LIFE Biomodule: A Rugged, Multi-Sealed Design for Space Biology Experiments	15'	confirmed	Mr. Bill Nye	The Planetary Society	United States
6	Astrobiology Field Research in Mars Analogue Environments	15'	confirmed	Prof. Bernard Foing	European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC)	The Netherlands
7	Field analogue geology and astrobiology in support of Mars Science Laboratory: correlation of organics with topographic units	15'	confirmed	Ms. Irina Rammos	Free University Amsterdam	The Netherlands
8	DNA stability and integrity after space flight and re-entry	15'	confirmed	Dr. Cora S. Thiel	University of Zurich	Switzerland
9	THE SPACE EXPERIMENTS BOSS AND BIOMEX ON THE EXPOSE R-2 MISSION: FIRST RESULTS ON DESERT CYANOBACTERIA UNDER SPACE AND MARTIAN SIMULATIONS	15'	confirmed	Dr. Daniela Billi	University of Rome "Tor Vergata"	Italy
10	Investigation of Cleaning Technologies and Validation Procedures appropriate to needed cleanliness for instruments used in the search for life	15'	confirmed	Mr. Guido Kreck	Fraunhofer IPA	Germany
11	Preparing for the Human Exploration of Mars: Health Care and Planetary Protection Requirements and Practices	15'	confirmed	Prof. John D. Rummel	East Carolina University	United States
12	OBSERVING NATURE OF EARTH'S MICROBES ON MARS AND BRINGING BACK THE SPACECRAFT ALONG WITH MARS'S SOIL AND ROCK SAFELY	Poster	no-show	Mr. Vidyasagar Jaju	JNTU	India
13	CONTROVERSIAL VIEW ON TERRESTRIAL AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGINS OF LIFE	Poster	no-show	Prof.Dr. BRIJ TEWARI	University of Guyana	Guyana
14	Nanotechnology: An attempt to explain Central problem for Origin of Life studies by using Clay Nanoparticles and Enzymes (Nanozyme )	Poster	no-show	Dr. Dale Srinivas	University of Guyana	Guyana

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