Space Panel Series
08.05.09
The public are invited to join students who recently arrived at NASA Ames Research Center for the 2009 International Space University (ISU) Space Studies Program for a series of Space Panels in July and August.
Panel discussions will take place from 8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. PDT in Building 3 in the NASA Research Park and will be followed by a reception from 9:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. PDT.
Wednesday, Aug. 5: Gerald Soffen Memorial Panel - What’s Next For Mars Exploration? Building on the groundbreaking work of the late Gerry Soffen during the Viking missions to Mars in the mid-1970s, this panel will explore plans for the next generation of Mars probes. Participants will include:
- Hajime Yano, assistant professor, Department of Planetary Science, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science for JAXA;
- Jim Green, director, NASA's Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters, Washington;
- David Southwood, director, Science and Robotic Exploration at the European Space Agency;
- Pascale Ehrenfreund, of the Space Policy Institute in the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, Washington.
Moderator: David Kendall, director of General Space Science, CSA.
