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2A

session 2A

Title: Moon Exploration – Part 1
Description: This session will address current and future lunar missions. The session will address orbital missions, robotic surface missions, as well as life sciences on the Moon, resource utilisation and preparatory activities for future solar system exploration.
Date: 2011-10-04
Time: 10:00
Room: TS-01

IPC members

Chairman: Prof. Bernard Foing, ILEWG "EuroMoonMars", The Netherlands;
Chairman: Dr. David Korsmeyer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Ames Research Center, United States;
Rapporteur: Mr. William H. Siegfried, The Boeing Company, United States;
Rapporteur: Dr. Sylvie Espinasse, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1		Introduction: recent lunar highlights	15	no-show	Prof. Bernard Foing	European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC)	The Netherlands
2		Preliminary Exploration Results of CHANG’E-2 Lunar Satellite	15	withdrawn	Prof. Huixian Sun	CSSAR/CAS	China
3		Status of current orbiters	15	confirmed	Dr. David Korsmeyer	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	United States
4		A current overview of the Google Lunar X PRIZE	15	confirmed	Ms. Nicole Jordan	X PRIZE Foundation	United States
5		Navigation and Contingency Analysis of the European Student Moon Orbiter	15	confirmed	Mr. Massimo Vetrisano	University of Strathclyde	United Kingdom
6		Update on the GLXP mission plan for the Barcelona Moon Team	15	withdrawn	Mr. Marc Zaballa Camprubi	Galactic Suite SL	Spain
7		TALARIS Project Update: Overview of Flight Testing and Development of a Prototype Planetary Surface Exploration Hopper	15	confirmed	Mr. Christopher Rossi	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	United States
8		Team Rocket City Space Pioneers – An Industrial Approach to the Google Lunar X Prize Competition	15	confirmed	Mr. Steve Cook	Dynetics	United States
9		Commercial payload delivery to the lunar surface on Astrobotic Technology's initial missions	15	confirmed	Mr. David Gump	Deep Space Industries Inc.	United States
10		Design, Development and Performance Facets of a Prototype Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscope (LIBS) Instrument for Chandrayaan-2 Rover	15	confirmed	Mr. A.S. Laxmiprasad	Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS)-ISRO	India
11		Japanese Moon Lander SELENE-2 - Study status in 2011 -	15	confirmed	Prof. Tatsuaki Hashimoto	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
12		Panel Discussion A	15	no-show	Prof. Bernard Foing	European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC)	The Netherlands