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    Mars and the search for traces of life- interviews

    The European Mars Science & Exploration Conference: Mars Express and ExoMars has just concluded. We present interviews with selected experts on some hot topics.

    Jean-Pierre Bibring
    Jean-Pierre Bibring

    Jean-Pierre Bibring 

    Jean-Pierre Bibring

    Jean-Pierre Bibring Mars Express OMEGA Principal Investigator and ExoMars Microscope co-Team Coordinator, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, France Subjects: Mars mineralogy and surface water evolution

    Agustin Chicarro

    Agustin Chicarro 

    Agustin Chicarro Mars Express Project Scientist, ESA-ESTEC, Netherlands Subjects: Mars Express mission and science overview, Mars geology and planetary evolution

    François Forget

    François Forget 

    François Forget Mars Express Interdisciplinary Scientist, Université P. & M. Curie, France Subjects: Martian climate, atmospheric water cycle, ozone and methane content

    Roberto Orosei

    Roberto Orosei 

    Roberto Orosei Roberto OROSEI, Ma_Miss infra-red spectrometer (ExoMars drill) Team, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (IASF), Italy Subjects: Exomars drill operations & subsurface mineralogy

    John Parnell

    John Parnell 

    John Parnell ExoMars Life Marker Chip Science Team and Associate Scientist for ExoMars Raman-LIBS Team, University of Aberdeen, UK Subjects: Exobiology and biomarkers

    Jeffrey Plaut

    Jeffrey Plaut 

    Jeffrey Plaut Mars Express MARSIS co-Principal Investigator, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA Subjects: Martian subsurface sounding, underground water inventory

    Jorge Vago

    Jorge Vago 

    Jorge Vago ExoMars Project Scientist, ESA-ESTEC, Netherlands Subjects: ExoMars mission and science overview, Martian space environment

    Frances Westall

    Frances Westall 

    Frances Westall ExoMars Microscope co-Team Coordinator, CNRS, France Subjects: Exobiology, origin of life during planetary history, extreme environments

    Last update: 21 November 2007

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      • Jean-Pierre Bibring
        • Agustin Chicarro
          • François Forget
            • Roberto Orosei
              • John Parnell
                • Jeffrey Plaut
                  • Jorge Vago
                    • Frances Westall
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