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VM4 – February 25, 2018 – Virtual
| 2nd Information Circular (includes an updated agenda) | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair |  |
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| 1st Information Circular (includes draft agenda) | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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Agenda
| 14:00 EST | Welcome/Meeting Agenda/MEPAG Update | J. Johnson (MEPAG Chair, JHU/APL) | |
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| 14:15 EST | NASA HQ Updates | M. Meyer (NASA HQ) | |||
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| 14:30 EST | NASA Research Announcement: Planetary Mission Concept Studies |
L. Glaze (NASA HQ) | |||
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| 14:45 EST | ICE-SAG Report | S. Diniega (JPL), T. Putzig (PSI) | |
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| 15:15 EST | Question Period | ||||
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| 15:25 EST | Decadal Survey White Paper Planning | J. Johnson | |
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| 15:45 EST | Question Period | ||||
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| 15:55 EST | Wrap-Up | J. Johnson | |||
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| 16:00 EST | Adjourn | ||||
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VM3 – September 13, 2018 – Virtual
| 1st Information Circular (includes draft agenda) | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 13:00 PM EDT | Welcome/meeting agenda/MEPAG update | J. Johnson (MEPAG Chair, APL) | |
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| 13:15 PM EDT | National Academies Planetary Protection Report | S. Hubbard (Stanford Univ.) | |
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| 14:02 PM EDT | National Academies Mid-Term Decadal Survey Report | L. Prockter (LPI) | |
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| 15:10 EDT | Wrap-up | J. Johnson | |||
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| 15:15 PM EDT | Adjourn | ||||
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VM2 – June 25, 2018 – Virtual
| 1st Information Circular (includes draft agenda) | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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Agenda
| 2:00 PM EDT | Welcome/outline meeting agenda | J. Johnson (MEPAG Chair, APL) | |
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| 2:15 PM EDT | NASA HQ updates | M. Meyer (NASA HQ) |
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| 2:30 PM EDT | MSR context and Berlin workshop | M. Meyer, S. Vijendran (ESA) |
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| 2:40 PM EDT | iMOST work and report | D. Beaty (MPO), M. Grady (Open U) |
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| 3:05 PM EDT | MSR Q&A | ||||
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| 3:15 PM EDT | MEPAG Goals Revised draft and plan | D. Banfield (MEPAG Goals Chair, Cornell U) | |
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| 3:25 PM EDT | Mars Workshop on Amazonian and Present-day Climate report | S. Diniega (JPL) | |
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| 3:35 PM EDT | MEPAG forward planning, including potential Science Analysis Group(s), & Discussion |
J. Johnson, R. Zurek (MPO) | |
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| 3:55 PM EDT | Wrap-up | J. Johnson | |||
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#36 – April 3-5, 2018 – Crystal City, Virginia
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Thank you to all who attended MEPAG Meeting 36! This meeting was held Tuesday-Thursday, April 3-5, 2018, at the Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport. Over the next few weeks, we will post presentations
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| 1st Information Circular | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 2nd Informational Circular (includes agenda) | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| Final Meeting Agenda (updated 3/28) | |
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| Forum Information (including Presenter Instructions) | |
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| Meeting 36 Summary and Findings | |
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| MEPAG Chair letter report to Planetary Science Advisory Committee | |
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| DAY 1 Tuesday April 3, 2018 | ||||
| Mars Exploration Program Reports | ||||
| 08:15 AM | Welcome: Meeting Preview, MEPAG Updates | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 08:45 AM | NASA Planetary Science Division (PSD) Report | J. Green | |
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| 09:15 AM | NASA: Mars Exploration Program (MEP) Status | J. Watzin | |
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| Potential MEPAG Goals Revision: Polar Science | ||||
| 10:30 AM | Polar Science Objectives & Investigations | I. Smith | |
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| 11:05 AM | Evaluation by MEPAG Goals Committee | D. Banfield | |
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| Forum: Mission Concepts for the 2020's & Beyond | ||||
| 01:00 PM | Forum Introduction: Mission Concepts for next Decadal Survey | J. Johnson | |
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| 01:20 PM | Poster "Lightning" Talks | Poster Presenters | ||
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| 02:20 PM | Mars Mission Concepts: Poster Session | All | ||
| DAY 2 Wednesday April 4, 2018 | ||||
| Decadal Survey Preparations | ||||
| 08:15 AM | Reprise of Day 1 Activities | J. Johnson | |
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| 08:45 AM | Planetary Protection | L. Pratt | No Slides | |
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| 09:00 AM | Planetary Exploration Science Technology Office (PESTO) | C. Mercer | |
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| 09:15 AM | Status: Mid-term Decadal Survey Report | L. Prockter | |
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| 09:30 AM | Decadal Survey Look-Ahead | D. Smith | |
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| 10:15 AM | MEP / Mars Sample Return (MSR) Science | M. Meyer | |
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| 10:45 AM | Overview of Mars Mission Concepts Forum | J. Johnson | |
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| 11:05 AM | Preparations for Decadals | J. Johnson | |
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| 1:25 PM | InSight | B. Banerdt | ||
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| 1:55 PM | MAVEN Results | B. Jakosky | |
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| 2:25 PM | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Results | L. Tamppari | |
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| 2:40 PM | Mars Odyssey (ODY) Results | L. Kerber | ||
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| 3:25 PM | Mars Moons Exploration (MMX) & MEGANE | D. Lawrence | ||
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| 4:25 PM | Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Results | A. Vasavada | |
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| 4:55 PM | Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Results | A. Fraeman | |
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| 5:15 PM | Geodesy/Cartography, Phobos / Deimos Site Working Groups Exploration Rover (MER) Results | T. Duxbury | |
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| 5:35 PM | James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Mars | H. Hammel, S. Milam | |
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| DAY 3 Thursday April 5, 2018 | ||||
| Reports from Mars Missions II | ||||
| 8:00 AM | Mars Express (MEx) | D. Titov | |
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| 8:20 AM | ExoMars: TGO & 2020 Rover | J. Vago | |
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| 9:20 AM | 2020 Rover | K. Farley | |
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| Human Exploration & Commercial Space | ||||
| 10:35 AM | Science Mission Directorate (SMD): Looking ahead to Mars Human Exploration | R. Davis | ||
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| 10:45 AM | Martian Subsurface Ice Science Investigation | J. Eigenbrode | ||
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| 11:05 AM | Human Exploration / Operations Directorate (HEOMD) & Mars | N. Suzuki | |
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| 11:25 AM | Architecting Mars V (AM-V) Report | J. Connolly | |
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| 1:20 PM | Small Spacecraft Programs | C. Mercer | |
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| 1:40 PM | COSPAR Preparations | B. Carrier, L. Tamppari | |
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| 1:55 PM | Mapping and Planetary Spatial Infrastructure Team (MAPSIT) | J. Skinner | |
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| Concluding Section: Actions | ||||
| 2:15 PM | Potential Study Groups / SAGs, Wrap-Up | J. Johnson | |
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Forum Presentations
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| 1 | Anderson, F.S. | SWRI | Revolutionizing our understanding of the evolution of Mars and the history of the inner solar system | |
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| 2 | Aye, M. | U Colorado Boulder | CO2 jets and their influence on the martian polar atmosphere | |
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| 3 | Byrne, S. | U Ariz | M-PRESS: Mars-Polar Reconnaissance of Environment & Subsurface Stratigraphy | |
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| 4 | Calvin, W. | U Nev Reno | Mars Polar Mission Concept Study for the 2013 Visions and Voyages Decadal Survey | |
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| 5 | Campbell, B. | Smithsonian Inst | Mars exploration goals achieved by an orbital imaging radar | |
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| 6 | Dundas, C. | USGS | Future Mars exploration: The present is the key to the past | |
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| 7 | Ehlmann, B.L. | Caltech/JPL | Why multiple landed missions to Mars are crucial to understanding the evolution of terrestrial planet habitability: key next steps in advance of the Decadal Survey | |
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| 8 | Espley, J. | NASA GSFC | Smallsat missions to make multi-point measurements of the martian magnetosphere, ionosphere, and crustal magnetic fields | |
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| 9 | Fraeman, A. | JPL | Assessing martian cave exploration for the next decadal survey | |
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| 10 | Freund, F. | NASA ARC | Monitoring from orbit whether Mars is still seismically active | |
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| 11 | Harrington, A.D. | NASA JSC | The importance of primary martian surface and airfall dust sample return for toxicological hazard evaluations for human exploration | |
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| 12 | Hayne, P.O. | U Colorado Boulder | Mars PolarDROP: Distributed Micro-landers to Investigate the Polar Ice Caps and Climate of Mars | |
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| 13 | Justh, H. | NASA MSFC | New efforts to update NASA’s global reference atmospheric models (GRAM) | |
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| 14 | Kerber, L. | JPL | A New Concept Study for Exploring and Sampling Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL) and other Extreme Terrains | |
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| 15 | Kleinboehl, A. | JPL | Mars weather and climate: an orbital constellation for atmospheric profiling and surface thermophysics | |
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| 16 | McKay, C.P. | NASA ARC | The Icebreaker Mission to Mars: Habitable Conditions on Modern Mars Warrants a Search for Life | |
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| 17 | Montabone, L. | Space Science Inst | Monitoring the weather on Mars with an areostationary smallsat. | |
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| 18 | Osinski, G.R. | U Western Ontario | Rationale and concept for a synthetic aperture radar and sub-surface ice sounder for Mars | |
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| 19 | Rogers, A.D. | Stony Brook U | High priority surface science objectives that are best achieved from Mars orbit | |
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| 20 | Skinner, J. | USGS | Considerations of spatial data and related technologies when discussing short- and long-term exploration strategies of Mars | |
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| 21 | Smith, I. | PSI | COMPASS: Climate Orbiter for Mars Polar Atmospheric and Subsurface Science | |
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| 22 | Smith, I. | PSI | The 6th International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration: State of knowledge and Top Five Questions | |
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| 23 | Staehle, R.L. | JPL | MarsDrop: Getting Miniature Instruments to the Surface of Mars as Secondary Payloads | |
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| 24 | Stamenkovic, V. | JPL | Considerations related to planning for the exploration of the martian subsurface | |
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| 25 | Tamppari, L. | JPL | A Discovery-class Mars Climate Mission | |
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| 26 | Tamppari, L. | JPL | A Sub-millimeter sounder for vertically measuring Mars winds, water vapor, and temperature | |
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| 27 | Titus, T.N. | USGS | Mars mission concept: Mars ice condensation and density orbiter | |
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| 28 | Rummel, J. | SETI Inst | Now you have it, what do you do with it? A mission to a returned Mars sample | |
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| 29 | McEwen, A. | U Arizona | The future of MRO/HiRISE | |
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| 30 | Eigenbrode, J. | NASA GSFC | Martian subsurface ice science investigation with a Special Regions drill | |
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| 31 | Spry, A. | SETI Inst | Planetary Protection objectives for Mars mission concepts of the next decade | |
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VM1 – February 20, 2018 – virtual
| 1st Information Circular | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 1:00 PM EST | Past and ongoing MEPAG activities | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 1:10 PM EST | Mars HQ Updates | J. Watzin |
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| Mars HQ Updates (with video, download to play) |
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| 1:30 PM EST | Discussion of MEPAG Meeting 36 and Forum | J. Johnson/S.Diniega |
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| 1:45 PM EST | Progress on MSR Technologies | C. Edwards | |
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| 2:30 PM EST | SpaceX and Mars exploration | P.Wooster | |||
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| 2:40 PM EST | Discussion | ||||
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| 2:55 PM | Wrap-up | J. Johnson | |||
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#35 – September 25, 2017 - Virtual
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| 1st Information Circular | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| Final Agenda | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| Meeting Summary | B. Carrier, Recorder, JPL Mars Program Office | |
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| 10:00 AM PDT | Past and ongoing Mars community/MEPAG activities | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 10:15 AM PDT | Presentation from NASA HQ on future Mars architecture
* Slides originally presented by T. Zurbuchen to NASEM Committee on August 28, 2017 |
J. Watzin | ||
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| 10:50 AM PDT | PRISM: Phobos Regolith Ion Sample Mission | M. Collier | ||
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| 11:10 AM PDT | Chariot to the Moons of Mars | B. Horgan | |
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| 11:30 AM PDT | Aeolus – to study the thermal and wind environment of Mars | A. Colaprete | |
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| 11:50 AM PDT | MISEN: Mars Ion and Sputtering Escape Network | R. Lillis | |
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| 12:10 PM PDT | MAT: Mars Aerosol Tracker | L. Montabone | |
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| 12:50 PM PDT | Wrap-up | J. Johnson, R. Zurek, D. Beaty | |
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#34 – July 10, 2017 - Virtual
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| 1st Information Circular | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | June 26, 2016 |  |
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| 2nd Information Circular | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | July 5, 2017 | |
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| Final Agenda | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | July 6, 2017 | |
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| MEPAG Perspective on Mars Architecture | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | July 6, 2017 | |
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| Request to Mars science community for feedback | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | July 6, 2017 | |
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| MEPAG Perspectives on Mid-term Decadal Survey Review [May 4th version - presented to Committee on the Review of Progress Toward Implementing the Decadal Survey] |
J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | July 6, 2017 | |
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Agenda
| 08:30 AM PDT | MEPAG Chair Opening Remarks | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 09:00 AM PDT | MEPAG Science Analysis Group Updates on a potential Next Mars Orbiter [Final version following MEPAG virtual meeting #34 - presented July 13th to Committee on Review of Progress Toward Implementing the Decadal Survey] | R. Zurek, JPL Mars Program Office | |
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| 09:25 AM PDT | MEPAG Perspectives on Mars Architecture [Final version following MEPAG virtual meeting #34 - presented July 13th to Committee on Review of Progress Toward Implementing the Decadal Survey] | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 10:15 AM PDT | Future MEPAG Activities | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| Meeting #34 Summary Notes | B. Carrier, Recorder, JPL Mars Program Office | July 24, 2017 | |
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#33 – February 22-23, 2017, Monrovia, CA
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| 1st Information Circular | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | Nov 2016 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | Jan 2017 | |
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| Final Agenda | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | Feb 2017 | |
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| Meeting Summary (with all links) | |
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| Meeting Addendum on Mars Exploration via Citizen Science | Schwamb and Kaminski | Apr 2017 | |
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Agenda Day 1
| 08:30 AM PDT | Welcome, Agenda Preview, MEPAG Updates | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 09:00 AM PDT | NASA: MEP Welcome & Status | J. Watzin | (no slides presented) | |
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| 09:30 AM PDT | NASA: MEP Science | M. Meyer |  |
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| 9:45 AM PDT | MEP Mission Status | F. Li | |
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| 10:10 AM PDT | Break | |||
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| 10:30 AM PDT | 2020 Landing Site Workshop | M. Golombek, J. Grant | |
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| 11:15 AM PDT | 2020 Rover | K. Farley, M. Wallace |
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| 12:00 PM PDT | Lunch | |||
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| 1:00 PM PDT | Mars International Collaboration--MIC SAG | B. Jakosky, R. Zurek | |
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| 1:45 PM PDT | Public Participation in Mars Exploration: Workshop Results | A. Kaminski | |
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| 2:00 PM PDT | International Phobos/Deimos Landing Sites | T. Duxbury | |
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| 2:15 PM PDT | Break | |||
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| 2:30 PM PDT | European Perspective/ExoMars | H. Svedhem | |
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| 3:00 PM PDT | United Arab Emirates Mission to Mars | O. Sharaf, S. Amiri | |
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| 3:30 PM PDT | Canadian Space Agency report | V. Hipkin | |
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| 3:50 PM PDT | Discussion | |||
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| 4:10 PM PDT | Biosignatures Conference Report Status | L. Hays, D. Beaty | |
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| 4:25 PM PDT | Finding Signs of Past Rock-Hosted Life workshop report | B. Ehlmann | |
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| 4:40 PM PDT | Discussion | |||
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| 5:00 PM PDT | Day 1 recap & discussion | J. Johnson, All | ||
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| 5:15 PM PDT | Adjourn | |||
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Agenda Day 2
| 08:30 AM PDT | MSL Results | A. Vasavada | |
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| 08:50 AM PDT | MAVEN Results | B. Jakosky | |
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| 09:10 AM PDT | MER Results | A. Fraeman | |
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| 09:25 AM PDT | MRO Results | L. Tamppari | |
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| 09:40 AM PDT | ODY Results | J. Plaut | |
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| 09:55 AM PDT | Insight | B. Banerdt (call-in) | |
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| 10:10 AM PDT | Break | |||
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| 10:20 AM PDT | HEOMD & Mars missions: Status | B. Bussey | |
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| 10:35 AM PDT | Mars Human Landing Site Studies (HLS2): Follow-up | R. Davis, B. Bussey | |
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| 10:50 AM PDT | Affording Mars IV report | H. Thronson | |
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| 11:05 AM PDT | Discussion | |||
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| 11:15 AM PDT | Mars Commercial Space Activities | S. Hubbard | |
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| 11:45 AM PDT | Discussion | |||
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| 12:15 PM PDT | Lunch | |||
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| 1:15 PM PDT | 3rd Conference on Instruments for Planetary Missions | S. Feldman | |
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| 1:30 PM PDT | Polar Science Conference Report | I. Smith | |
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| 1:45 PM PDT | Mapping and Planetary Spatial Infrastructure Team (MAPSIT) | A. Patthoff | |
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| 2:00 PM PDT | Vision 2050 MEPAG contribution | J. Johnson, D. Beaty | ||
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| 2:20 PM PDT | MEPAG future SAGs/activities | J. Johnson, D. Beaty, R. Zurek | ||
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| 3:00 PM PDT | Future MEPAG Meetings: A Proposal | S. Diniega, J. Johnson | |
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| 3:10 PM PDT | MEPAG action Items; Wrap-up | J. Johnson | ||
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| 3:30 PM PDT | Adjourn | |||
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| 3:45 PM PDT | MEPAG Executive Committee Tagup | |||
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#32 - October 6, 2016 - Virtual
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| 1st Information Circular | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | Jul 2016 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | Aug 2016 | |
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| Agenda | MEPAG Excecutive Committee | Sept 2016 | |
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We welcome your comments about this meeting and its discussion topics – e.g.,
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Agenda
| 08:30 AM PDT | Past and ongoing MEPAG activities | J. Johnson, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 09:00 AM PDT | MEP status and plans | J. Watzin | |
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| 09:45 AM PDT | Mars science and Mars science activities | M. Meyer | |
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| 10:30 AM PDT | InSight report | B. Banerdt | |
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| 10:55 AM PDT | Report on the Biosignature Preservation & Detection in Mars Analog Environments Conference | L. Hays, D. Beaty |
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| 11:10 AM PDT | Preliminary Report on the Sixth International Conference on Mars Polar Science & Exploration | L. Smith | |
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| 11:20 AM PDT | Report on survey of Participating Scientist programs | L. Prockter | (none) | |
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| 11:35 AM PDT | Humans to Mars update | B. Bussey | |
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| 11:50 AM PDT | Upcoming MEPAG activities | J. Johnson, R. Zurek, D. Beaty |
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| 12:20 PM PDT | Wrap-up | J. Johnson | |
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#31 - March 2 - 3, 2016, Silver Spring, MD.
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| 1st Information Circular | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | Jan 2016 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | Jan 2016 | |
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| Meeting Agenda | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | Feb 2015 | |
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| Meeting Summary | April 2016 | |
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Agenda Day 1
| 08:30 AM EST | Welcome; Desired Outcomes of this Meeting, Introduction to the Agenda | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair |  |
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| 08:40 AM | Mars Science | M. Meyer | |
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| 09:10 AM | NASA: The View from PSD | J. Green | |
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| 09:40 AM | Humans on Mars missions: Overview | B. Bussey, R. Davis | |
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| 10:10 AM | ISRU & Civil Engineering--ICEWG | S. Hoffman | |
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| 10:30 AM | Break | |||
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| 10:45 AM | Science Objectives for Humans--HSO SAG | P. Niles, D. Beaty | |
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| 11:15 AM | Next Orbiter-SAG report & Discussion | B. Campbell, R. Zurek | |
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch | |||
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| 01:20 PM | NASA-India Space Research Org Interactions | M. Meyer | No Slides | |
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| 01:35 PM | NASA: MEP Status | J. Watzin | |
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| 02:10 PM | NASA Mission Status | F. Li | |
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| 02:35 PM | InSight Mission | B. Banerdt | |
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| 03:30 PM | Break | |||
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| 03:50 PM | iMars Report | T. Haltigin, C. Smith | |
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| 04:20 PM | European Perspective/ExoMars Planning | R. de Groot, H. Svdhem, B. Patti/td> | |
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| 05:20 PM | Canadian Space Agency report | V. Hipkin | ||
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| 05:30 PM | Japanese Missions | H. Miyamoto | |
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| 05:40 PM | Day 1 Discussion and Wrap-up | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | ||
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| 06:00 PM | Adjourn | |||
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Agenda Day 2
| 08:00 AM | Discussion;announcement of next MEPAG Chair | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 08:30 AM | MAVEN Results | B. Jakosky | |
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| 09:10 AM | 2020 Mars Rover: Status, Caching, RSS, etc. | K. Farley, J. McNamee | |
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| 09:50 PM | Special Regions Report Review | D. Smith | |
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| 10:10 AM | Break | |||
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| 10:30 AM | NAS Activities: Decadal Survey Prep & more | D. Smith | |
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| 11:00 AM | MEPAG future activities | D. Beaty, R. Zurek | |
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| 11:45 AM | MEPAG action Items; Wrap-up | L. Pratt | |
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#30 - February 24 - 25, 2015, Monrovia, California
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| 1st Information Circular | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | Nov 2014 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | Jan 2015 | |
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| Meeting Agenda | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | Feb 2015 | |
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Agenda Day 1
| 08:15 AM PST | Welcome; Desired Outcomes of this Meeting, Introduction to the Agenda | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 08:35 AM PST | NASA: MEP Status/Mars Future Plans | J. Watzin | no slides | |
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| 09:30 AM PST | HEOMD plans, interactions | B. Bussey/R. Davis | |
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| 10:00 AM PST | MEPAG response to NASA Presentations | L. Pratt to lead | |
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| 10:20 AM PST | Break | |||
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| 10:40 AM PST | Mars Science | M. Meyer (call-in) | |
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| 11:00 AM PST | NASA MEP Mission Status | F. Li | |
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| 11:25 AM PST | Update from 2020 Rover project | K. Farley | |
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| 12:00 PM PST | Lunch | |||
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| 01:30 PM PST | European Perspective/ExoMars planning | R. de Groot | |
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| 02:00 PM PST | Current plan of the MELOS, a proposed Japanese Mars mission | H. Miyamoto | |
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| 02:15 PM PST | Emerging Technologies/Mission Capabilities | C. Whestel/R. Lock | |
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| 02:45 PM PST | Break | |||
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| 03:15 PM PST | MEPAG Goals Revision (I-IV: Life, Climate, Geology, Preparation for Humans) | V. Hamilton & Goals Committee Members | |
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| 05:45 PM PST | Day 1 Discussion and Wrap-up | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 06:00 PM PST | Adjourn | |||
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Agenda Day 2
| 08:00 AM PST | Agenda and actions for today; follow-up on Goals presentation: future activities | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 09:00 AM PST | MAVEN Early Results & Prospects | D. Brain | |
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| 09:40 AM PST | MOM Early Progress | R. Zurek | ||
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| 10:00 AM PST | Break | |||
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| 10:20 AM PST | The 2016 InSight Mission & L/S Process | B. Banerdt M. Golombek |
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| 10:50 AM PST | Future Landing Site Observing | J. Grant M. Golombek |
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| 11:15 AM PST | ExoMars landing site process | J. Vago | |
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| 11:35 AM PST | Discussion: Landing Sites for Human Missions | R. Davis | ||
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| 11:55 AM PST | MEPAG Action Items: Wrap-up | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | ||
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| 12:15 PM PST | Adjourn | |||
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#29 - May 13 - 14, 2014, Crystal City, Virginia
| 1st Information Circular | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | Feb 2014 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | Apr 2014 | |
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| Meeting Report | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | TBD | TBD | |
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Agenda Day 1
| 08:30 AM EDT | Welcome; Desired Outcomes of this Meeting, Introduction to the Agenda | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | ||
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| 08:45 AM EST | NASA: Status & Future of MEP | J. Green | |
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| 09:00 AM EDT | Mars science | M. Meyer | ||
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| 09:30 AM EDT | NASA Mission Status | R. Gibbs | |
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| 10:00 AM EDT | NASA: Mars Future Plans | J. Grunsfeld | ||
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| 10:30 AM EDT | Break | |||
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| 10:45 AM EDT | HEOMD plans, interactions | J. Connolly (TBC) | |
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| 11:10 AM EDT | Discussion: MEPAG response to NASA directions and budget | L. Pratt to lead |
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| 11:30 AM EDT | Lunch | |||
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| 01:00 PM EDT | European Perspective/ExoMars planning | R. de Groot | |
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| 01:20 PM EDT | Japanese missions | H. Miyamoto | |
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| 01:40 PM EDT | MAVEN Mission | B. Jakosky et al. | |
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| 02:00 PM EDT | I-MARS | L. May | |
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| 02:20 PM EDT | Break | |||
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| 02:40 PM EDT | MEPAG Special Regions SAG Report | J. Rummel | |
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| 04:40 PM EDT | Day 1 discussion and wrap-up | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | ||
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| 05:10 PM EDT | Adjourn | |||
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Agenda Day 2
| 08:00 AM EDT | Agenda and actions for today; follow-up on Special Regions presentation | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | ||
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| 08:30 AM EDT | Update from 2020 Rover project | J. McNamee, K. Farley |
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| 09:00 AM EDT | Mars Returned Sample Quality Workshop Report | D. Beaty, Y. Liu | |
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| 09:30 AM EDT | Break | |||
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| 09:45 AM EDT | The 2016 InSight Mission & L/S Process | B. Banerdt M. Golombek |
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| 10:10 AM EDT | Preview of 2020 Landing Site Workshop | J. Grant M. Golombek |
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| 10:30 AM EDT | ExoMars landing site process | J. Vago | ||
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| 11:00 AM EDT | MEPAG Items: Next Meetings, future SAG candidates, wrap-up | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | ||
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| 11:30 AM EDT | Adjourn | |||
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| 01:00 PM EDT | Start of Mars Landing Site Workshop | |||
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SR-SAG2
| SR-SAG2 Introduction and Context | |
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| SR-SAG2 Limits to Life on Earth | |
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| SR-SAG2 Environmental Conditions on Mars | |
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| SR-SAG2 Implications and Proposals Regarding Special Regions on Mars | |
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| SR-SAG2 Special Regions and the Human Exploration of Mars | |
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| SR-SAG2 Appendix I Recurring Slope Lineae | |
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#28 - July 23, 2013 - Virtual
| Information Circular and Agenda | C. Budney | July 9, 2013 | |
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| Question Instructions for "Final Report of the Mars 2020 Science Definition Team" | S. Diniega | July 16, 2013 | |
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| MEPAG Chair letter report to Planetary Science Subcommittee | TBD | TBD | ||
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Agenda
| 11:00 AM EDT | Welcome; Desired Outcomes of this Meeting, Introduction to the Agenda | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 11:15 AM EST | Introduction to 2020 Rover SDT Activity | M. Meyer | ||
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| 11:25 AM EDT | Report of the 2020 Rover SDT | J. Mustard et al. | |
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| 12:55 PM EDT | NASA: Status & Future of MEP | J. Grunsfeld J. Green |
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| 01:25 PM EDT | Discussion: MEPAG response to 2020 vision; MEP direction and budgets | |||
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| 01:55 PM EDT | Mars Program Mission Status | F. Li | |
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| 02:10 PM EDT | Update from 2020 Rover project | J. McNamee | |
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| 02:20 PM EDT | InSight Status | B. Banerdt | |
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| 02:30 PM EDT | Impacts of New EPO Policy | P. Christensen | ||
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| 02:40 PM EDT | Discussion: MEPAG response to EPO, Conferences, Travel | L. Pratt to lead | ||
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| 03:00 PM EDT | Comet Observations from Mars | R. Zurek | |
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| 03:10 PM EDT | Discussion/Future Planning for MEPAG | L. Pratt, MEPAG Chair | ||
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| 03:30 PM EDT | Adjourn | |||
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#27 - Feb 27 - 28, 2013 - Virtual
| 2nd Information Circular | D. Des Marais | Jan 28, 2013 | |
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| 3rd Information Circular | D. Des Marais | Feb 21, 2013 | |
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| MEPAG Chair letter report to Planetary Science Subcommittee | D. Des Marais | TBD | ||
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Agenda
| 11:00 AM EST | Welcome; Desired Outcomes of this Meeting, Introduction to the Agenda | D. Des Marais, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 11:15 AM EST | NASA: Status & Future of MEP | J. Grunsfeld /J. Green | ||
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| 12:00 PM EST | 2020 Rover SDT | DJ. Green /M. Meyer | |
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| 12:30 PM EST | Discussion | |||
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| 12:50 PM EST | Continuing Mission Status/Plans (MSL etc.) | R. Gibbs | |
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| 01:20 PM EST | HEO plans, possibilities, and priorities | B. Drake for M. Wargo | |
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| 01:40 PM EST | Report on The Present-Day Habitability of Mars Workshop | D. Paige | |
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| 02:00 PM EST | Discussion/Future Planning for MEPAG Activities | D. Des Marais, MEPAG Chair | ||
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| 03:00 PM EST | Adjourn | |||
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#26 - Oct 4, 2012 - Monrovia, California
| 1st Information Circular and Draft Agenda | D. Des Maraiss | Aug 2012 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | D. Des Marais | Sept 2012 | |
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| Agenda | D. Des Marais | Sept 2012 | |
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| MEPAG Chair letter report to Planetary Science Subcommittee | D. Des Marais | |||
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Agenda
| 08:15 AM | Welcome; Goals of this Meeting, Introduction to the Agenda | D. Des Marais, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 08:30 AM | NASA: State of the Mars Program | D. McCuistion/M. Meyer | |
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| 09:00 AM | Report from the MEPAG P-SAG | D. Beaty/M. Carr | |
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| 09:15 AM | Break | |||
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| 09:30 AM | Report of the MPPG | O. Figueroa | |
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| 11:15 AM | Discussion | |
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch | |||
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| 01:30 PM | ESA: State of the Program | J. Vago | |
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| 02:00 PM | Report from the Human Exploration Program | M. Wargo | ||
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| 02:20 PM | MSL Update | M. Meyer | |
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| 02:50 PM | Break | |||
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| 03:00 PM | Goals Document: recent updates and future plans | V. Hamilton | |
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| 03:20 PM | MAVEN status | B. Jakosky | |
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| 03:35 PM | Discovery Program: Insight mission | B. Banerdt | |
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| 04:05 PM | Mars Meeting Reports | |||
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| 04:05 PM | The Mantle of Mars: Insights from Theory, Geophysics, High-Pressure Studies, and Meteorites | J. Papike/C. Shearer/D. Beaty | |
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| 04:20 PM | First International Planetary Caves Workshop: Implications for Astrobiology, Climate, Detection, and Exploration (October, 2011) | P. Boston - via video | ||
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| 04:20 PM | Discussion/Future Planning for MEPAG Activities | D. Des Marais | ||
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| 05:00 PM | Adjourn | |||
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Print Only Mars Reports
| Fifth International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration (September, 2011) | S. Clifford | ||
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| Third International Conference on Early Mars: Geologic and Hydrologic Evolution, Physical and Chemical Environments, and the Implications for Life (May 21-25, 2012) | S. Clifford |  |
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| Workshop on Mars - Connecting Planetary Scientists in Europe | Akos Kereszturi | |
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#25 - Feb 27 - 28, 2012 - Washington DC
| 1st Information Circular | D. Des Marais | Jan 2012 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | D. Des Marais | Feb 2012 | |
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| Agenda | D. Des Marais | Feb 23, 2012 | |
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| MEPAG Chair letter report to Planetary Science Subcommittee | D. Des Marais | Mar 5, 2012 | |
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Agenda Day 1
| 0830 AM | Welcome; Desired Outcomes of this Meeting, Introduction to the Agenda | D. Des Marais, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 08:45 AM | SMD AA remarks | J. Grunsfeld | ||
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| 09:45 AM | Discussion | |||
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| 10:15 AM | Break | |||
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| 10:45 AM | Mars in the Planetary Decadal Survey | S. Squyres | |
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| 11:15 AM | HEO priorities and context | M. Wargo | |
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch | |||
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| 01:30 PM | Mars science | M. Meyer | |
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| 02:00 PM | MEPAG Excom led discussion | MEPAG Excom | ||
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| 03:00 PM | Break | |||
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| 03:30 PM | Future MEPAG actions | D. Des Marais | ||
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| 04:00 PM | European Perspective | R. de Groot | |
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| 04:20 PM | Mars Express Status | F. Jansen | |
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| 04:30 PM | Japanese missions | T. Satoh | |
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| 04:45 PM | Status of NASA led operating and developmental missions | F. Li | |
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| 05:15 PM | Day 1 discussion and wrap-up | D. Des Marais | ||
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| 05:30 PM | Adjourn | |||
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Agenda Day 2
| 0830 AM | Agenda for today and Goals committee update | D. Des Marais | |
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| 08:45 AM | The 2013 MAVEN Mission | B. Jakosky et al. | |
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| 10:15 AM | JSWG Report delivery | D. Beaty/G. Kminek | |
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| 10:30 AM | Break | |||
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| 10:45 AM | Mars Exploration Program Geodesy and Cartography Working Group | T. Duxbury | |
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| 11:00 AM | Proposed future landing site process | M. Golombek/J. Grant | |
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| 11:30 AM | Discussion/Future Planning for MEPAG Activities | D. Des Marais | ||
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| 12:00 PM | Adjourn (stop) | |||
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 Shrinking NASA Budget Forces Tough Trade-offs Story | ||||
#24 - June 16 - 17, 2011 - Lisbon, Portugal
| 1st Information Circular | D. Des Marais | Feb 2011 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | D. Des Marais | May 2011 | |
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| Agenda | D. Des Marais | June 2011 | |
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| MEPAG Chair letter report to Planetary Science Subcommittee | D. Des Marais | July 2011 | |
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Agenda Day 1
| 09:00 AM | Setting the context: The importance of this as the first International MEPAG meeting | M. Meyer, J. Vago | ||
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| 09:10 AM | Welcome; Desired Outcomes of this Meeting, Introduction to the Agenda | D. Des Marais, MEPAG Chair | |
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| 09:20 AM | NRC Decadal Survey Mars findings and implications | P. Christensen | |
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| 10:05 AM | NASA implementation of the Decadal survey | M. Meyer | |
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| 10:35 AM | Break | |||
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| 10:50 AM | NASA/ESA: State of the Joint Program | D. McCuistion/J. Vago for T. Passvogel | |
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| 11:50 AM | Status of NASA led operating and developmental missions | F. Li | |
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| 12:20 AM | Status of ESA Mars Express operations and ESA/NASA ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter development | O. Witasse/M. Allen | |
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| 12:50 PM | Lunch | |||
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| 02:20 PM | Planning Activity Related to the proposed MSR Campaig | |||
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| 02:20 PM | Report of the MEPAG E2E-iSAG - Introduction | D. Des Marais | |
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| 02:25 PM | Scientific objectives of the MSR campaign; kinds of samples, sampling priorities, number of samples needed | M. Sephton | |
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| 02:55 PM | Planning for what the science community of the future would do with the samples once receive | M. Grady | |
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| 03:25 PM | Reference Landing Sites, Mars Sample Return Campaign | J. Grant | |
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| 03:50 PM | On-Mars measurements, encapsulation, operations scenario, science risks, summary | S. McLennan | |
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| 04:20 PM | Break | |||
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| 04:35 PM | E2E Panel Discussion | E2E Team | ||
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| 05:00 PM | 2018 objectives from interim Joint Science Working Group (JSWG) | M. Meyer, J. Vago | |
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| 05:20 PM | Report from the Joint Engineering Working Group (JEWG) | P. Baglioni/C. Whetsel | |
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| 06:05 PM | Day 1 discussion and wrap-up | D. Des Marais | ||
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| 06:30 PM | Adjourn | |||
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Agenda Day 2
| 09:00 AM | Recap of yesterday and goals for today | D. Des Marais | |
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| 09:15 AM | Landing sites | |||
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| 09:15 AM | MSL Landing site report/discussion | M. Golombek/J. Grant | |
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| 09:40 AM | Report on ESA Landing Site meeting | N. Mangold | |
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| 09:55 AM | Proposed NASA/ESA landing site selection process for 2018/MSR | C. Budney/R. Zurek/ J. Vago | |
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| 10:10 AM | Discussion | |||
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| 10:30 AM | Planetary Protection related to MSR | C. Conley/G. Kminek | |
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| 11:00 AM | Break | |||
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| 11:15 AM | Other Planning Activity | |||
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| 11:15 AM | GEMS - Geophysical Monitoring Station | B. Banerdt | ||
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| 11:35 AM | Mars Network Study Overview | A. Chicarro | |
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| 11:55 AM | Martian Moon Sample Return study overview | D. Koschny | |
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| 12:15 PM | Meeting Reports | |||
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| 12:15 PM | Report from Mars Atmosphere Conference (Paris, February) | F. Forget | |
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| 12:25 PM | Analogue Sites for Mars Missions Workshop Report | M. Meyer, et al. | |
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| 12:35 PM | MELOS: Japan’s Mar Exploration Plan for 2020’s | T. Satoh | |
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| 12:45 PM | Discussion/Future Planning for MEPAG Activities | D. Des Marais | ||
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| 01:00 PM | Adjourn | |||
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AGU Town Hall Meeting - Dec 15, 2010 - San Francisco, California
| 1st Information Circular | D. Des Marais | Dec 2010 | |
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| MEPAG Supporting Research and Technology Science Analysis Group (SRT SAG) Current Status | V. Hamilton, et al. | Dec 2010 | |
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| Proposed Mars Sample Return (MSR) E2E-iSAG: Phase I Analysis | S. McLennan, et al. | Dec 2010 | |
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#23 - Sept 30 - Oct 1, 2010, Monrovia, California
| 1st Information Circular | J. Mustard | July 2010 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | D. Des Marais | Aug 2010 | |
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| Letter Report to the Planetary Science Subcommittee | D. Des Marais | Nov 2010 | |
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Agenda Day 1
| 08:30 AM | Welcome; MEPAG Purpose, Scope, Expected Results | D. Des Marais | |
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| 8:45 AM | Mars Program Director's Comments | D. McCuistion | |
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| 9:15 AM | ESA's Mars Exploration Activities | M. Coradini/J. Vago | |
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| 9:45 AM | Break | |||
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| 10:00 AM | Mars Program Status | F. Li | |
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| 10:30 AM | Mars Program Lead Scientist's Comments | M. Meyer | |
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| 11:15 AM | 2016 Selections | P. Crane/J. Vago | |
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| 11:45 PM | Lunch | |||
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| 1:15 PM | PSS-requested feedback on proposed changes to SMD R&TD | D. Des Marais | |
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| 02:00 PM | Decadal Survey Update | S. Squyres | |
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| 02:30 PM | Spirit: Status and future science plan | S. Squyres | ||
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| 02:50 PM | Break | |||
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| 03:05 PM | Reports on Mission Planning Activity | |||
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| 03:05 PM | E2E-iSAG: Community input into initial planning | M. Sephton/S. McLennan | |
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| 04:05 PM | Mars Outreach Strategy | M. Viotti | ||
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| 05:05 PM | Day 1 wrap-up | D. Des Marais | ||
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| 5:15 PM | Adjourn | |||
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Agenda Day 2
| 09:00 AM | Recap of yesterday and goals for today | D. Des Marais | ||
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| 09:15 AM | ESMD Status and Update | Mike Wargo | |
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| 09:00 AM | Mars Themed Workshop reports | |||
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| 09:00 AM | Conference on Mars Sedimentology and Stratigraphy | D. Beaty | |
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| 09:15 AM | Second International Planetary Dunes Workshop | T. Titus | |
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| 09:30 AM | AbSciCon MSR Landing Sites | C. Allen/A. Allwood | |
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| 09:45 AM | Break | |||
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| 10:00 AM | MSL Landing site update | M. Golombek/J. Grant | |
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| 10:30 AM | Future landing sites | M. Golombek/J. Grant | |
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| 10:45 AM | CDP Future Landing Sites details | C. Budney | |
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| 10:50 AM | Current Orbiter Capabilities for Future Landing Site Selection | R. Zurek | |
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| 11:00 AM | Goals Committee | J. Johnson | |
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| 11:30 AM | Discussion/Future Planning for MEPAG Activities | D. Des Marais | |
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| 12:00 PM | Adjourn | |||
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#22 - Mar 17 - 18, 2010, Monrovia, California
| 1st Information Circular | J. Mustard | Dec 2009 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | J. Mustard | Mar 2010 | |
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| 3rd Information Circular | J. Mustard | Mar 2010 | |
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| Agenda | J. Mustard | Mar 2010 | |
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| Meeting Report | J. Mustard | Apr 2010 | |
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Agenda Day 1
| 08:30 AM | Welcome; MEPAG Purpose, Scope, Expected Results | J. Mustard | |
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| 8:45 AM | Mars Program Director's Comments | D. McCuistion | |
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| 9:30 AM | ESA's Mars Exploration Activities | M. Coradini/J. Vago | |
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| 10:15 AM | Break | |||
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| 10:30 AM | Mars Program Status | F. Li | |
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| 11:00 AM | Mars Program Lead Scientist's Comments | M. Meyer | |
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| 11:45 AM | Decadal Survey Mars Panel | P. Christensen | |
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch | |||
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| 01:30 PM | Reports on Mission Planning Activity | |||
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| 01:30 PM | Mars Sample Return (three element architecture) | F. Li | |
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| 02:15 PM | 2018 Mission (MAX-C, ExoMars, etc.) | C. Salvo/A. Elfving | |
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| 02:45 PM | Break | |||
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| 03:00 PM | 2 Rover International SAG (2R-iSAG) | F. Westall/J. Grant | |
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| 04:15 PM | Day 1 wrap-up | J. Mustard | ||
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| 05:00 PM | Adjourn | |||
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Agenda Day 2
| 08:30 AM | Recap of yesterday and goals for today | J. Mustard | ||
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| 08:45 AM | Mars Network SAG | B. Banerdt, T. Spohn | |
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| 09:15 AM | MEPAG Goals Update | |||
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| 09:15 AM | MEPAG Goals summary | J. Johnson | |
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| 09:35 AM | Break | |||
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| 09:50 AM | MEPAG Goals I update | T. Hoehler/F. Westall | |
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| 10:35 AM | MEPAG Goals IV update | D. Lim/A. Tripathi | |
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| 11:35 PM | Lunch | |||
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| 01:05 PM | Workshop reports | |||
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| 01:05 PM | Geological Mapping of Mars | K. Tanaka/G. Ori | |
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| 01:25 PM | Workshop on Methane on Mars | J. Vago | |
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| 01:45 PM | Landing site update | M. Golombek/J. Grant | |
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| 02:30 PM | Discussion/Future Planning for MEPAG Activities | J. Mustard | |
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| 03:00 PM | Adjourn | |||
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1999- 2009 Meetings
#21 July 29-30, 2009 at Brown University, Providence, RI
| 1st Information Circular | J. Mustard | Jul 2009 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | J. Mustard | Jul 2009 | |
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| 3rd Information Circular | J. Mustard | Jul 2009 | |
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| Meeting Agenda | J. Mustard | Jul 2009 | |
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| Meeting Report | J. Mustard | Jul 2009 | |
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Agenda Day 1
| 8:00 AM | Welcome; MEPAG Purpose, Scope, Expected Results | J. Mustard | |
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| 8:15 AM | Mars Program Director's Comment | D. McCuistion | |
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| 9:00 AM | MSL Status | M. Meyer | |
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| 9:30 AM | ESA's Mars Exploration Activities | M. Coradini | |
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| 10:00 AM | Break | |||
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| 10:15 AM | Introduction to Mars inputs to the DS | M. Meyer | |
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| 10:30 AM | MEPAG Goals summary | J. Johnson | |
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| 10:45 AM | Reports on Mission Planning Activity | |||
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| 10:45 AM | 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter | R. Zurek, A. Chicarro | |
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| 11:15 AM | Decadal Survey Process | D. Smith/P. Christensen | |
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| 11:45 AM | Lunch | |||
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| 1:15 PM | MRR-SAG | L. Pratt | |
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| 03:15 PM | Break | |||
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| 03:30 PM | Mars Network SAG | B. Banerdt, T. Spohn | |
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| 04:00 PM | Community White Papers | |||
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| 04:00 PM | Introduction to the white papers | J. Mustard | ||
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| 04:05 PM | Ionosphere of Mars | P. Withers | |
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| 04:25 PM | Landing site characterization program/MSL landing site update | J. Grant/M. Golombek | |
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| 04:55 PM | Top research priorities for the Mars Polar Energy Balance & CO2 Cycle | T. Titus | |
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| 05:15 PM | Mars Polar Science | M. Hecht | |
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| 05:35 PM | Day 1 wrap-up | J. Mustard | ||
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| 05:45 PM | Adjourn | |||
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Agenda Day 2
| 08:00 AM | Recap of yesterday and goals for today | J. Mustard | ||
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| 08:10 AM | Community White Papers | |||
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| 08:10 AM | The Value of Landed Meteorological Investigations on Mars | S. Rafkin | |
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| 08:30 AM | Mars Atmospheric Science | M. Mischna | |
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| 08:40 AM | Dual Satellite Chemistry and Climate Mission Concept - Late Presentation | E. Kursinski | |
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| 08:50 AM | Mars Exploration 2016-2032: Rationale and Principles for a Strategic Program | J. Bell | |
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| 09:10 AM | Community white paper wrap-up | J. Mustard | ||
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| 09:20 AM | Break | |||
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| 09:20 AM | Safaeinili memorial | |
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| 09:35 AM | Proposed MEPAG white Papers for the Decadal Survey | |||
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| 09:35 AM | Mars state of knowledge, how things have changed since the last DS, objectives and strategies for the next planning period | J. Mustard | |
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| 11:20 AM | Mars Technologies | S. Hayati | |
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| 11:50 AM | Lunch | |||
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| 01:20 PM | Mars Program Implementation: Balancing science direction and engineering/budget constraints | F. Li | |
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| 01:50 PM | Discussion | J. Mustard | ||
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| 02:50 PM | Future Planning for MEPAG Activities | J. Mustard | |
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| 03:00 PM | Adjourn | |||
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#20 - Mar 3-4, 2009 - Rosslyn, Virginia
| 1st Information Circular | J. Mustard | Jan 2009 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | J. Mustard | Feb 2009 | |
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| 3rd Information Circular | J. Mustard | Mar 2009 | |
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| Meeting Agenda | J. Mustard | Feb 2009 | |
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Agenda Day 1
| 8:00 AM | Welcome; MEPAG Purpose, Scope, Expected Results | J. Mustard | |
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| 8:15 AM | Mars Program Director's Comment | D. McCuistion | |
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| 8:45 AM | Mars Exploration Program Update | F. Li | |
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| 9:15 AM | Mars Science Status | M. Meyer | |
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| 9:35 AM | European Space Agency Update | J. Vago | |
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| 9:55 AM | Break | |||
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| 10:10 AM | Canadian Space Agency Update ( This presentation will not be posted ) | Alain Berinstain | ||
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| 10:25 AM | Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency Update/MELOS | S. Sasaki/T. Satoh | |
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| 10:40 AM | MSL Science Status (including landing site) | J. Grotzinger | |
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| 11:00 AM | ExoMars Status | J. Vago | |
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| 11:20 AM | Discussion | |||
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| 11:40 AM | Lunch | |||
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| 01:10 PM | MEPAG inputs to Decadal Survey | |||
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| 01:10 PM | Decadal Survey Introduction and Process | D. Smith | |
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| 01:30 PM | Planning and draft MEPAG inputs to Decadal Survey with discussion | J. Johnson | |
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| 02:00 PM | Next Decade Planning--Mission Opportunities for '16, '18, '20 | |||
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| 02:00 PM | Introduction ( No Presentation ) | M. Meyer | ||
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| 02:20 PM | MSO SDT Update | Mike Smith | |
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| 02:45 PM | Break | |||
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| 03:00 PM | MATT-3 report and discussion: Next decade planning | P. Christensen | |
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| 4:20 PM | Daily wrap-up ( No Presentation ) | J. Mustard | ||
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| 04:50 PM | Adjourn | |||
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Agenda Day 2
| 0830 AM | 2016-18-20 Building Blocks--Definition, Forward Planning | D. DesMarais | |
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| 09:00 AM | Discussion | |||
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| 09:30 AM | Meeting reports | |||
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| 09:30 AM | Lunar Roadmap | J. Volosin | |
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| 10:00 AM | Discussion | |||
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| 10:10 AM | Break | |||
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| 10:25 AM | Meeting reports | |||
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| 10:25 AM | Mars Climate Modeling Center (MCMC) | J. Hollingsworth | |
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| 10:45 AM | Mars Atmospheric Modeling Workshop | J. Levine | |
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| 11:05 AM | Report on Ground Truth from Mars Workshop | C. Shearer | |
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| 11:25 AM | Second Workshop on Mars Valley Networks | S. Wilson / R. Craddock | |
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| 11:45 AM | Lunch | |||
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| 01:15 PM | Workshop on Martian Phyllosilicates | Jean-Pierre Bibring | |
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| 01:35 PM | Planetary Dunes Workshop | L. Fenton | |
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| 01:55 PM | Open Discussion | |||
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| 02:30 PM | Future Planning for MEPAG Activities | J. Mustard | |
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| 03:00 PM | Adjourn | |||
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#19 - Sept 18, 2008 - Monrovia, California
| 1st Information Circular | J. Mustard | Jul 2008 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | J. Mustard | Aug 2008 | |
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| Meeting Agenda | J. Mustard | Sept 2008 | |
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| MEPAG Chairman Report | J. Mustard | Oct 2008 | |
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#18 - Feb 20-21, 2008 - Pasadena, California
| 1st Information Circular | D. Beaty | Dec 2007 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | J. Mustard | Jan 2008 | |
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| Meeting Agenda | D. Beaty | Jan 2008 | |
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| Mars Program Director's Comments | D. McCuistion | Feb 2008 | |
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| Mars Architecture Tiger Team Results | P. Christensen | Feb 2008 | |
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| SMD Associate Administrator's Comments | A. Stern | Feb 2008 | |
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| Chair's Report to the Planetary Science Subcommittee | J. Mustard | Feb 2008 | |
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| Mars Science Orbiter (MSO) Science Definition Team (SDT) Report Overview | M. Smith | Feb 2008 | |
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| DRAFT: Science Priorities for Mars Sample Return - Preliminary Results from the MEPAG Next Decade - Science Analysis Group (ND-SAG) | L. Borg & D. Des Marais et. al. | Feb 2008 | |
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| Mars Strategic Science Assessment Group | S. Murchie, et. al. | Feb 2008 | |
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#17 - July 10, 2007 - Pasadena, California
| 1st Information Circular | D. Beaty | Oct 2006 | |
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| Meeting Agenda | D. Beaty | July 2007 | |
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| Chairman's Report | J. Mustard | July 2007 | |
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| Revision of the MEPAG Goals Document | J. Johnson | July 2007 | |
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| Goals Document Revision Process 2007 | P J. Johnson | July 2007 | |
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#16 - Jan 9-10, 2007 - Arlington, Virginia
| 1st Information Circular | D. Beaty | Oct 2006 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | D. Beaty | Dec 2006 | |
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| Meeting Agenda | D. Beaty | Jan 2007 | |
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| Chairman's Report | R. Arvidson | Feb 2007 | |
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#15 - April 19-20, 2006 - Monrovia, California
| 1st Information Circular | D. Beaty | May 2006 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | D. Beaty | Jan 2006 | |
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| Meeting Agenda | D. Beaty | May 2006 | |
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| Chairman's Report | R. Arvidson | May 2006 | |
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| Instrument Case History: Calibration, Characterization, & Cataloguing | D.Ming, et al. | Apr 2006 | |
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| The Challenges of Using Mars Mission Datasets for Science Analysis | J. Johnson, et al | Apr 2006 | |
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| The Mars Microbeam Raman Spectrometer (MMRS) | B. Jolliff, et al. | Apr 2006 | |
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| Archiving Mars Mission Data Sets with the Planetary Data System | E. Guinness, et al. | Apr 2006 | |
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| Findings of the Mars Special Regions Science Analysis Group | Beaty, et al. | July 2006 | |
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| Science Analysis of the November 3, 2005 Version of the Draft Mars Exploration Program Plan | Arvidson, et al. | Jan 2006 | |
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#14 - Nov 2-3, 2005 - Monrovia, California
| 1st Information Circular | D. Beaty | Jan 2005 | |
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| 2nd Information Circular | D. Beaty | Sept 2005 | |
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| Meeting Agenda | D. Beaty | Nov 2005 | |
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| Chairman's Report | R. Arvidson | Nov 2005 | |
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#13 - Feb 16-17, 2005 - Arlington, Virginia
| 2nd Information Circular | D. Beaty | Jan 2005 | |
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| Meeting Agenda | D. Beaty | Feb 2005 | |
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| Chairman's Report | B. Jakosky | Mar 2005 | |
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| MARS HUMAN PRECURSOR SCIENCE/EXPLORATION STEERING GROUP (MHP-SSG) | D. Beaty, N. Hinners | Feb 2005 | |
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#12 - June 30-July 2, 2004 - Monrovia, California
| Meeting Agenda | D. Beaty | June 2004 | |
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| Chairman's Report | B. Jakosky | July 2004 | |
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| Summary | B. Jakosky | July 2004 | |
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#11 - Sept 10-11, 2003 - JPL Pasadena, California
| Meeting Agenda | D. Beaty | Sept 2003 | |
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| Chairman's Report | B. Jakosky | Sept 2003 | |
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#10 - Feb 26-27, 2003 - Phoenix, Arizona
| Meeting Agenda | D. Beaty | Feb 2003 | |
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| Chairman's Report | J. Farmer | Feb 2003 | |
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#9 - Sept 5-6, 2002 - Pasadena, California
| Agenda | D. Beaty | Sept 2003 | |
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#8 - Feb 20-21, 2002 - Scottsdale, Arizona
| Agenda | D. Beaty | Feb 2002 | |
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#7 - Oct 8-9, 2001 - Easton, Maryland
| Agenda | D. Beaty | Oct 2001 | |
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#6 - Aug 15-16, 2001 - Arcadia, California
| Agenda | D. Beaty | Aug 2001 | |
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#5 - Apr 16-18, 2001 - Pasadena, California
| Agenda | D. Beaty | Apr 2001 | |
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#4 - Nov 15-17, 2000 - Pasadena, California
| Agenda | D. Beaty | Nov 2000 | |
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#3 - Aug 8-10, 2000 - Pasadena, California
| Agenda | D. Beaty | Aug 2000 | |
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#2 - Feb 22-24, 2000 - Pasadena, California
| Agenda | D. Beaty | Feb 2000 | |
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#1 - Oct 6-7, 1999 - Pasadena, California
| Agenda | D. Beaty | Oct 1999 | |
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