Agenda
3rd 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers
Landing Site Selection Workshop
Pasadena, California March 26th - 28th, 2002
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| March 26th,
Tuesday a.m. Introduction |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome, Overview of the Landing Site Selection Process and Workshop Goals |
| John Grant and Matt Golombek (Co-Chairs, Landing Site Steering Committee) | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Update on the Mars Exploration Program |
| Jim Garvin, NASA Mars Program Scientist | |
| 9:15 a.m. | Athena Payload Capabilities and the MER Landing Sites |
| Steve Squyres, Athena PI, Cornell U. | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Engineering Constraints and Factors in Selecting the MER Landing Sites |
| Mark Adler (Project Engineer) | |
| 10:45-11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 a.m. | Entry, Descent and Landing Simulations and Ellipses |
| Phil Knocke, JPL | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Atmospheric Modeling and Winds (table) |
| David Kass and Tim Schofield, JPL | |
| 12:00 p.m. | MER Wind Mitigation Measures |
| R. Manning, JPL | |
| 12:30-1:45 p.m. | Lunch |
March 26th, Tuesday p.m. Overview of Landing Site Science Potential |
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| 1:45 p.m. | History of Ellipse Identification and Placement |
| Matt Golombek, Co-Chair Landing Site Steering Committee | |
| 2:15 p.m. | Geologic Evaluation of MER Landing Sites: MOC, THEMIS, and Terrestrial Field Experience |
| Jim Rice and Phil Christensen, Arizona State University | |
| 2:45 p.m. | Geology of Landing Sites from THEMIS Images |
| Mike Carr or Tim Parker or Someone Else who has looked at THEMIS Images | |
| 3:15-3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 p.m. | Landing Site Compositional Assessment Using High Resolution TES Data |
| Steve Ruff, Vicky Hamilton, and Phil Christensen, ASU | |
| 4:15-5:15 p.m. | Discussion |
A Closer Look at the Science Potential of the Prime Sites |
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| 5:15 p.m. | Remote Sensing Properties of Exhumed Deposits in the Terra Meridiani Region of Mars |
| Arvidson, R. E., Seelos, F. P., Washington University St. Louis, Deal, K. S., Hynek, B. M., Mellon, M. T., Garvin, J. B. | |
| 5:45 p.m. | End of Day One |
March 27th, Wednesday a.m. A Closer Look at the Science Potential of the Prime Sites (cont.) |
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| 8:30 a.m. | The Melas Chasma (jpeg) and Gusev (jpeg) Sites |
| Tim Parker, JPL, and C. Weitz | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Overview of Science and Testable Hypotheses at the Gusev Crater MER A Landing Site |
| Nathalie Cabrol, NASA Ames, E. A. Grin, D. Fike, H. Newsom, I. Thorsos, N. G. Barlow, R. De Hon, and J. Bishop | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Identification of a Large Lake Basin At The head of Ma'adim Vallis, Mars |
| R. P. Irwin III, T. A. Maxwell, A. D. Howard, R. A. Craddock and D. W. Leverington, NASM Center for Earth and Planetary Studies | |
| 9:40 a.m. | Impact Hydrothermal Processes at the Gusev Crater MER A Landing Site, and the Sinus Meridiani Site |
| H. Newsom, UNM, C. Barber, I. Thorsos, A. Davies, N. A. Cabrol, E. A. Grin, N. G. Barlow, R. De Hon, and J. Bishop | |
| 9:50 a.m. | Gusev Crater: Assessing its Relevance as the MER-A Landing Site |
| N. G. Barlow (U. Central FL), N. Cabrol (NASA/ARC), E. Grin (NASA/ARC), H. Newsom (UNM), R. DeHon (U. LA Monroe) | |
| 10:00-10:15 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Isidis Planitia MER Targets: MOC and Themis Data, Detailed Mapping, and Potential Athena Science |
| L. S. Crumpler, NMMNH, K. L. Tanaka, and T. M. Hare | |
A Closer Look at the Science Potential of the Backup Sites |
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| 10:45 a.m. | Eos Chasma |
| David Nelson, Ron Greeley, Jack Farmer, Ruslan Kuzmin, Vicky Hamilton, Jim Rice | |
| 11:15 a.m. | Recent Eruption of Deep Groundwater into Athabasca Vallis |
| Devon Burr, Alfred McEwen, Laszlo Keszthelyi, Jennifer Grier, University of Arizona | |
| 11:25 a.m. | Estimating cm-scale Morphology of Volcanic Terrains using MOC Images |
| Laszlo Keszthelyi and Alfred McEwen, University of Arizona | |
| 11:45 a.m. | Exploration of Athabasca Vallis: Does Athena Have the Right Stuff? |
| Alfred McEwen, Devon Burr, Laszlo Keszthelyi, Ross Beyer, and Peter Lanagan, U of A | |
| 12:15-1:15 p.m. | Lunch |
March 27th, Wednesday p.m. A Closer Look at the Science Potential of the Backup Sites (cont.) |
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| 1:15-2:45 p.m. | Discussion of Science Potential of the Sites |
Safety Considerations I: Radar and Slopes |
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| 2:45 p.m. | Radar Properties of the Landing Sites |
| Albert Haldemann, JPL | |
| 3:15 p.m. | MER Engineering Constraints: Impact Velocity, Slopes, and Rocks |
| Wayne Lee, JPL | |
| 3:45 p.m. | The Roughness of the Martian Surface at Decimeter to Meter Scales: What We Know |
| Mike Shepard, Bloomsburg University, F. P. Seelos IV, R. E. Arvidson, A. Haldemann | |
| 4:15 p.m. | MOLA Pulse Spread Data and Landing Site Selection |
| Jim Garvin, NASA Mars Exploration Program Scientist | |
| 4:45 p.m. | MOLA 100 m Allan Variation and Dekameter Hurst Exponent Analysis of the MER Landing Sites |
| Albert Haldemann and Scott Anderson, JPL | |
| 5:15 p.m. | MOLA Slopes at 1.2 km Scale and Roughness at 150 m Scale for the Ellipses |
| M. Golombek, S. Anderson, N. Bridges, M. Kennedy, J. Garvin | |
| 5:45 p.m. | End of Day Two |
March 28th, Thursday a.m. Safety Considerations I: Radar and Slopes (cont.) |
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| 8:30 a.m. | DTM's Derived from MOC Stereo Images (ISPRS Paper) |
| Randy Kirk, USGS | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Evaluation of Small-Scale Roughness via Photoclinometry |
| Ross Beyer and Alfred McEwen, University of Arizona | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Surface Lifetime |
| Jake Matijevic, JPL | |
Safety Considerations II: Thermal Inertia, Albedo, and Rocks |
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| 10:00 a.m. | TES Thermal Inertia and Albedo Data and Implications for Minimum Near-Surface Temperatures (new) |
| Nathan Bridges and Terry Martin, JPL | |
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | Coffee |
| 10:45 a.m. | Rock Abundance derived from TES data |
| Scott Nowicki and Phil Christensen, ASU | |
| 11:15 a.m. | Rock Statistics Calculations for the Landing Sites (new) |
| Matt Golombek | |
| 11:45-1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
March 28th, Thursday p.m. Safety Considerations II: Thermal Inertia, Albedo, and Rocks (cont) |
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| 1:00 p.m. | MER Project Hazard Analysis |
| Mark Adler, JPL | |
| 1:30-3:00 p.m. | Discussion of Safety Issues |
| 3:00-4:30 p.m. | Summary Discussion of All Sites |
| 4:30-5:30 p.m. | Community Input to Project and Athena Science Team |
| 5:30 p.m. | End of Workshop |