session 3B

Title

Mars Exploration – Part 2

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

2012-10-03

Time

15:15

Room

TS15 (Sala Ischia, Palacongressi)

IPC members

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

• Chairman: Mr. Pierre W. Bousquet, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;

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

• Rapporteur: Ms. Cheryl L.B. Reed, Northrop Grumman Corporation, United States;