Session Details
[U-14]Open Colloquium-NASA/JAXA: Planetary science on Mars driving current and future missions
convener:Shunichi Kamata(Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University), Go Murakami(Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Mitchell D Schulte(NASA Headquarters), Michael S Kelley(NASA Headquarters), Chairperson:Shunichi Kamata(Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University), Chairperson:Go Murakami(Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Chairperson:Mitchell D Schulte(NASA Headquarters), Chairperson:Michael S Kelley(NASA Headquarters)
Today a number of missions to Mars are ongoing or planned by NASA, JAXA, and their partners (Curiosity Rover, InSight, MMX, Mars2020, ExoMars, MRO, Odyssey, Mars Sample Return, etc.). Such missions and other activities are providing us with various kinds of and large amounts of high-quality data, revealing the present and past Mars. In this session, the new views of Mars based on recent missions as well as the scientific backgrounds that connects these missions are presented. Open discussion with speakers, participants, and science leads from NASA/JAXA will be included.
[U14-01]50 Years of Mars Exploration: Past and Ongoing NASA Missions Pave the Way for Determining Whether There Was Life on Mars★Invited Papers
*John A Grant1 (1.Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Washington DC)
[U14-02]MARS SAMPLE RETURN: A MISSION CAMPAIGN OF INTENSE SCIENTIFIC INTEREST★Invited Papers
*David Beaty1, Brandi L Carrier1, Michael A Meyer2, Elliot Sefton-Nash3 (1.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, 2.NASA Headquarters, 3.ESA ESTEC)
[U14-03]JAXAʼs Strategic Mars Exploration Program (JSMEP) for Understanding Origin, Evolution, Inventory of Water on Mars★Invited Papers
*Tomohiro Usui1 (1.Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
[U14-04]Open discussion
*Go Murakami1 (1.Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)