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26 -- Mars Sample Return Planning Issues
WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2008: MORNING
Margaret Race
SETI Institute
Mountain View, CA, USA
Chris McKay
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA, USA
Andrew Steele
Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution
Washington, DC, USA
Description
NASA recently announced its plans for renewed focus on sample return missions, following the recommendation of the NRC Space Studies Board identifying Mars Sample Return (MSR) as the highest priority Mars-science objective. Already, plans for possible sample caching have begun as part of the Mars Science Lab (MSL) mission in 2009, meaning that many scientific, technological, operational and policy issues will need attention. This session is devoted to discussion of the challenges ahead for Mars sample return, and a look at progress to date. We particularly invite contributions on technological and mission design issues in general and implications for MSR science and engineering in particular. We also welcome contributions dealing with planetary protection issues for MSR and beyond, including forward and back contamination, sample handling and testing, and risk communication to the public.
ORAL SESSION
9:45 26-05-O. Planning for Mars Sample Return and a Sample Receiving Facility:
Planetary Protection, Biohazards, and Societal Issues [invited] M. Race
10:05 26-01-O. Preliminary Findings Related to the Use of Sample Return to Advance
Our Life-Related Goals for Mars D. Beaty, MEPAG ND-SAG team, IMEWG IMARS team
10:25 26-02-O. The Mars Science Laboratory Sample Cache J. Karcz, M. Cappuccio,
A. Demo, H. Eisen, J. Feldman, K. Gheno, C. Kruger, M. Liu, J. Reimer, O. Santos, P. Tong,
C. McKay
10:45 BREAK
11:00 26-06-O. Sample Collection and Caching for Rover-Based Planetary Astrobiology
P. Younse, A. Stroupe, T. Huntsberger, M. Garrett, A. Steele, V. Starke
11:20 26-04-O. Lessons Learned from Microbial Contamination in MARTE Field Tests
D. Miller, R. Bonaccors
11:40 26-03-O. Containment Requirements for a Mars Sample Receiving Facility
P. Mani Mani