Mars Exploration Rover Project

Final Agenda

4th 2003 Mars Exploration Rover Landing Site Selection Workshop

Pasadena, California

January 8^th-10^th, 2003

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January  8th, Wednesday a.m. Introduction
9:00 a.m.	Welcome, Overview of the Landing Site Selection Process and Workshop Goals
	John Grant (Co-Chair, Landing Site Steering Committee)
9:15 a.m.	Mars Exploration Program
	Jim Garvin, NASA Mars Program Scientist
9:30 a.m.	Landing Site Selection and the Athena Science Payload
	Steve Squyres
9:45 a.m.	History of Ellipse Changes since 3rd Workshop
	Matt Golombek  (Co-Chair, Landing Site Steering Committee)
10:15-10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.	Engineering Constraints, Factors, Process in Selecting the MER Landing Sites
	Mark Adler, Project Landing Site Engineer
11:30 a.m.	EDL System Updates
	Rob Manning, JPL
12:00-1:00 p.m.	Lunch
January  8th, Wednesday a.m. Science of the Landing Sites
1:00 p.m.	Analysis of Nightime Temperatures at the Landing Sites - currently missing a few images
	N. Bridges and T. Martin, JPL
1:30 p.m.	Discussion - Science of the Landing Sites
2:00 p.m.	Analysis of THEMIS Data for Meridiani, Isidis, and Elysium Sites
	Phil Christensen and THEMIS Science Team
3:00-3:15 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:15 p.m.	Crater Counts at the Landing Sites: Implications for Surface Materials
	Martha Gilmore and Ken Tanaka
3:45 p.m.	Characterization of Hematite Deposits and Associated Units
	Frank Seelos, Washington University
4:15 p.m.	Possible Relationships Between Hematite and Large Impact Basin
	Horton Newsom
4:45 p.m.	Discussion
5:30 p.m.	End of Day One
January  9th, Thursday a.m. Science of the Landing Sites (cont.)
8:30 a.m.	Eolian History at Hematite and Gusev
	Ron Greeley, ASU
9:00 a.m.	Synthesis of the Testable Hypotheses for Gusev
	Nathalie Cabrol, NASA Ames
9:30 a.m.	Testing Hypotheses in Gusev Crater using the Athena Payload
	B. Sutter, J. Moore, N. Cabrol, and A. Zent
9:45 a.m.	THEMIS Thermophysical and Spectrascopic Properties of Gusev
	J. Moersch, H. McSeeen, University of Tennesee
10:15-10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.	Fluvial/Lacustrine Analysis of the Gusev Site Based on THEMIS, MOC, and MOLA
	Jim Rice, ASU
10:45 a.m.	Geologic Units in Gusev Crater
	Ross Irwin, NASM CEPS
11:00 a.m.	MER Science Goals and Testable Hypotheses at the Isidis Site
	Larry Crumpler, NMMNH
11:15 a.m.	Geomorphic Analysis of the Libya Montes Region: Implications for Geology of Isidis Landing Ellipse
	Jeff Moore (NASA Ames) & Alan Howard (UVA)
11:30 a.m.	Geologic Setting of the Isidis Site
	George McGill, UMASS
11:45 p.m.	Scientific Hypotheses Addressable at the Elysium Site
	Jim Rice, ASU, Mike Carr, USGS
12:15-1:15 p.m.	Lunch
January  9th, Thursday p.m. Science of the Landing Sites (cont.) and Site Safety
1:15 p.m.	Geology of the “Elysium” Site
	K. Tanaka, J. Skinner, M. Carr, M. Gilmore, and T. Hare
1:45 p.m.	Beyond the Hematite: Additional Motivation to Land in Meridiani
	Wendy Calvin, University of Nevada
2:15 p.m.	Science Discussion
3:15-3:30 p.m.	Coffee Break
	Site Safety Presentations
3:30 p.m.	Plans for EDL Simulations and Sensitivities
	Wayne Lee, JPL
4:45 p.m.	Meter-Scale Slopes from MOC Photoclinometry
	R. Beyer and A. McEwen, University of Arizona
5:15 p.m.	Topographic Mapping and Slope Analyses (Slope and Stereo Excel Worksheets)
	R. Kirk, USGS Flagstaff
5:45 p.m.	End of Day Two
January 10th, Friday a.m. Site Safety (cont.)
8:30 a.m.	Hazard Maps of the Landing Sites
	Tim Parker, JPL
9:00 p.m.	Terrestrial Interferometric Radar Observations of Terra Meridiani and Isidis
	K. Larson, A. Haldemann, R. Jurgens, R. Arvidson, M. Slade
9:30 a.m.	Boulder Counts in the Gusev Ellipse
	R. Schroeder and M. Golombek
9:45 a.m.	Probability of Impacting and Accessing Rocks at the MER Landing Sites
	M. Golombek, E. DiMaggio, R. Schroeder, and J. Matijevic, JPL
10:15 a.m.	Athena Science Team Perspective on MER Landing Sites
	Steve Squyres
10:45 am	Discussion
12:30 p.m.	Adjourn