The European Mars Science & Exploration Conference: Mars Express and ExoMars has just concluded. We present interviews with selected experts on some hot topics.
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Mars and the search for traces of life- interviews
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 Mars Express Project Scientist, ESA-ESTEC, Netherlands Subjects: Mars Express mission and science overview, Mars geology and planetary evolution
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, 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 ExoMars Life Marker Chip Science Team and Associate Scientist for ExoMars Raman-LIBS Team, University of Aberdeen, UK Subjects: Exobiology and biomarkers
Jeffrey Plaut Mars Express MARSIS co-Principal Investigator, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA Subjects: Martian subsurface sounding, underground water inventory
Jorge Vago ExoMars Project Scientist, ESA-ESTEC, Netherlands Subjects: ExoMars mission and science overview, Martian space environment
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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