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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 BibringJean-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

Mars Express Project Scientist, ESA-ESTEC, Netherlands

Subjects: Mars Express mission and science overview, Mars geology and planetary evolution



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, 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

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

Mars Express MARSIS co-Principal Investigator, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

Subjects: Martian subsurface sounding, underground water inventory



Jorge Vago


Jorge Vago

ExoMars Project Scientist, ESA-ESTEC, Netherlands

Subjects: ExoMars mission and science overview, Martian space environment



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