Sixth Meeting of the Venus Exploration and Analysis Group (VEXAG)

Agenda


Wednesday, February 25, 2009

8:00 a.m.	Sign-In Pick-up Handouts Coffee and Pastries
8:30 a.m.	Welcome	Adriana Ocampo

8:35 a.m.	VEXAG Meeting #6 Overview and Objectives Provide feedback on the STDT Flagship Mission Study Community update of VEXAG White Paper as input to the Decadal Study	Ellen Stofan

8:45 a.m.	Status Report on Venus Express	Hakan Svedhem

9:00 a.m.	JAXA's Venus Climate Orbiter	Masato Nakamura Takeshi Imamura

9:15 a.m.	Update on Decadal Survey	David Smith

9:45 a.m.	Coffee Break

10:00 a.m.	STDT Report and Discussion	Mark Bullock

11:00 a.m.	NASA Headquarters Update and Perspective on Venus Exploration	Jim Green

11:30 a.m.	Open Mike Presentations (1–2 slides, up to 10 minutes) Provide your presentation to the projectionist during the coffee break

12:00 p.m.	Lunch at LPI, catered at a cost of about $10 per participant

1:00 p.m.	Charge to focus groups	Ellen Stofan

1:15 p.m.	Focus Group Preview of Splinter Sessions Review of White Paper and Venus STDT	Kevin Baines Steve Mackwell Jim Cutts David Grinspoon

4:00 p.m.	Focus Group Reports

5:00 p.m.	Wrap-up Next Meeting Recommendations Action Items	Ellen Stofan

5:30 p.m.	Adjourn

Reminder – A Workshop on Venus Geochemistry: Progress, Prospects, and New Missions will be held at the Gilruth Center, NASA Johnson Space Center on Thursday-Friday, February 26–27, 2009 following this VEXAG Meeting.