1st ASB Discussion Meeting
Planetary Analogues: The Solar System in a bottle
The 1st ASB Discussion Meeting on the topic planetary analogues will be held at the Open University on Friday 9th June.
Keynote Speakers:
Zita Martins (Imperial) – Future Astrobiology Experiments in Earth orbit and beyond – recommendations from the ESA Topical Team.
Claire Cousins (St Andrews) – From microbes to missions: how analogues shape planetary exploration.
Registration:
Attendance is free for ASB members. Non-members will pay £20 (£10 concessionary rate), receive ASB membership and free attendance for future discussion meetings. Please email adam.stevens@ed.ac.uk to register.
You can apply for membership before the meeting here http://astrobiologysociety.org/membership/apply-for-membership/.
Location: Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Milton Keynes.
Directions to the Open University can be found here: http://www.open.ac.uk/about/main/faculties-centres/milton-keynes-campus. The Berrill Lecture Theatre is accessed through the main University Reception.
Full Programme (provisional):
10:00 Welcome and Intro – Manish Patel, ASB Chair
Morning – Analogues in Astrobiology
10:15 – Keynote talk – Zita Martins – ESA Topical Team on Analogue Studies
10:45 – Targeted discussion around points from Zita’s talk
11:00 – Break
Morning – Minor Bodies / Planetary Protection
11:15 – Manish Patel – New simulants of the Phobos regolith: Phobos-1C and Phobos-1P
11:25 – David Evans – Computational modelling of Phobos impactors
11:35 – Minor Bodies analogue discussion
12:30 – Lunch
Afternoon – Combined analogue Studies
13:30 – Keynote talk – Claire Cousins – From microbes to missions: how analogues shape planetary exploration
14:00 – Discussion – Combined analogue studies
14:15 – Break
Afternoon – Analogues and Missions
14:30 – Peter Fawdon – Mars Rover Landing Sites
14:40 – Adam Stevens – Analogues of Martian sedimentary environments
14:50 – Nisha Ramkissoon – Characterisation of new geological Mars analogues for Rocknest, Paso Robles, Haematite rich regolith and a basaltic shergottite
15:00 – Emmal Safil – Laboratory Studies of Clathrate Hydrates with Applications to Solar System Bodies
15:15 – Discussion – Analogues and missions
Afternoon – Analogue research in the UK – Facilities and cooperation
15:30 – Lightning pitches – 2 minutes, open to all
15:45 – General discussion
~16:00 Close