[meteorite-list] Workshop: Ground Truth from Mars - Science Payoff from a Sample Return Mission
From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:57:22 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <200710301657.IAA12468_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/msr2008/ Ground Truth from Mars: Science Payoff from a Sample Return Mission April 20-23, 2008 Albuquerque, New Mexico SPONSORED BY - Lunar and Planetary Institute NASA Planetary Science Division NASA Mars Exploration Program Institute of Meteoritics CONVENERS - Charles (Chip) Shearer, University of New Mexico Carl Agee, University of New Mexico SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - David Beaty, NASA Mars Program Office David Bish, University of Indiana James Farquhar, University of Maryland John Grotzinger, California Institute of Technology Virgil Lueth, New Mexico School of Technology Chris McKay, NASA Ames Research Center Glenn MacPherson, Smithsonian Institution Doug Ming, NASA Johnson Space Center Dimitri Papanastassiou, Jet Propulsion Laboratory James J. Papike, University of New Mexico Dawn Y. Sumner, University of California, Davis Allan Treiman, Lunar and Planetary Institute David Vaniman, Los Alamos National Laboratory ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MEETING LOCATION AND DATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The workshop on Ground Truth from Mars: Science Payoff from a Sample Return Mission will be held April 21-23, 2008, at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PURPOSE AND SCOPE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mars sample return is again on the horizon, enabled by a sample cache on the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory rover, and endorsed as a logical continuation of the "Follow the Water" strategy of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. This strategy has tied together the search for life and potential habitats for life, evolution of the martian atmosphere, nature of martian surface processes, and the thermal-magmatic evolution of the martian mantle and crust. Orbital and surface missions have revealed that Mars' surface is far more diverse than was imagined only a decade ago, with a plethora of distinct environments - each of which presents different sorts of samples, with different potential scientific returns. Returning samples from these martian environments and analyzing them in the best terrestrial labs available will provide an unparalleled perspective of Mars not yet achieved. Data derived from samples returned from the martian surface will provide both ground truth for interpreting observations made during past orbital and surface missions and insight in planning for future missions. There will be few sample return missions, and so the targets must be chosen to maximize the likelihood of answering fundamental questions about Mars. In addition to providing high scientific return, these missions must yield high scientific value (i.e., have low costs). To address these issues, this workshop (initiated by the Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestreal Materials, CAPTEM) will explore the science that can be extracted from the return of Mars samples to Earth and the requirements needed to ensure that the record preserved in the samples is undisturbed during sampling, return, and curation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORKSHOP FORMAT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The two-and-a-half day workshop will cover the following session topics: * Overviews: Mars exploration strategy, Mars sampling strategy enabled by previous missions * Sulfates, sheet silicates, and zeolites as recorders of Mars surface processes * Astrobiology priorities for sample return * Samples (i.e., igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, regolith) recording martian atmospheric, fluid, and magmatic evolution and timing of events The program will consist of invited and contributed talks, discussions, and poster presentations. There will be a welcome reception on Sunday evening, April 20. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT SUBMISSION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The deadline for abstract submission will be February 7, 2008. Abstract submission will be handled through this website. The final announcement and workshop program will be posted on this website by March 7, 2008. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ INDICATION OF INTENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To subscribe to a mailing list to receive electronic reminders and special announcements relating to the meeting via e-mail, please submit an electronic Indication of Intent form <http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/msr2008/iofi/> by December 17, 2007. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For further information regarding the format and scientific objectives of the workshop, contact CHARLES SHEARER University of New Mexico Phone: 505-277-9159 E-mail: cshearer at unm.edu For further information regarding workshop logistics, announcements, and accommodations, contact KIMBERLY TAYLOR Lunar and Planetary Institute Phone: 281-486-2151 Fax: 281-486-2125 E-mail: taylor at lpi.usra.edu SCHEDULE December 17, 2007 Deadline for Indication of Intent forms and second announcement with call for abstracts posted February 7, 2008 Deadline for abstract submission March 7, 2008 Final announcement with program and abstracts posted March 24, 2008 Deadline for registration at reduced rate April 21-23, 2008 Ground Truth from Mars: Science Payoff from a Sample Return Mission ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Received on Tue 30 Oct 2007 12:57:22 PM PDT |
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