Fourth Meeting of the Venus Exploration and Analysis Group (VEXAG)
November 4–5, 2007
Greenbelt Marriott Hotel
Greenbelt, MD
Agenda
Sunday afternoon – November 4, 2007
12:30 p.m.
Sign-In
Pick-up Handouts
Coffee and Pastries
1:00 p.m.
Third VEXAG Meeting Overview and Objectives
Sushil Atreya and Janet Luhmann
1:15 p.m.
VEXAG Goals and Objectives Document
Steve Mackwell
1:45 p.m.
Venus Mission Architectures and Technology Developments
Jim Cutts and Tibor Balint
2:00 p.m.
Recap of International Planetary Probes Workshop
Jim Cutts
2:15 p.m.
European Venus Explorer Proposal and ESA's Cosmic Vision Program
Eric Chassefiere
2:30 p.m.
Coffee Break
2:45 p.m.
Education and Public Outreach
Rosalyn Pertzborn
3:00 p.m.
Preview of OPAG Meeting
Sushil Atreya for Fran Bagenal
3:15 p.m.
Special Science Briefing – Venus Express VIRTIS Science Results
Pierre Drossart and Giuseppe Piccioni
3:45 p.m.
Open Mike Presentations (1-2 slides, up to 10 minutes)
Provide your presentation to the projectionist during the coffee break
4:30 p.m.
Planetary Science Summer School Venus Mission Study
Tibor Balint
4:50 p.m.
Preview of Monday’s Activities
Sushil Atreya and Janet Luhmann
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn
Reminder: The U.S. time change from daylight back to standard time ("Fall Back") will occur at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday morning just before this meeting gets underway.
Monday Morning – November 5, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Sign-In
Pick-up Handouts
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 a.m.
NASA Headquarters Perspective on Venus Exploration
Jim Green and Andy Cheng
9:30 a.m.
Status Report: ESA's Venus Express
Hakan Svedhem
9:50 a.m.
JAXA's Venus Climate Orbiter
Masato Nakamura and Takeshi Imamura
10:10 a.m.
NASA’S Discovery Candidate VESPER
Gordon Chin
10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:45 a.m.
MESSENGER Flybys
Sean Solomon and Hakan Svedhem
11:15 a.m.
Evidence for Past Oceans on Venus
Mark Bullock
12:00 p.m.
Lunch
Monday Afternoon – November 5, 2007
1:15 p.m.
Preview of NASA Workshop on Planetary Atmospheres
Phil Crane
1:30 p.m.
Venus-Earth Climate Connections (25-minutes each)
Greenhouse Effect and Radiative Balance on Earth and Venus – Dave Crisp
Climate Sensitivity and History of Venus and Earth - Mark Bullock
Aerosols on Earth and Venus - Brian Toon
2:45 p.m.
Coffee Break (15 minutes)
Atmospheric Dynamics of Venus and Earth - Jerry Schubert
Solar History Effects on Venus and Earth Climate - Janet Luhmann for David Brain
Sulfur Isotope Ratios and Constraints on Climate - Alex Pavlov
4:15 p.m.
General discussion - Venus-Earth Climate Connections
Larry Esposito, lead
4:45 p.m.
Wrap-up
Next Meeting
Recommendations
Action Items
Sushil Atreya and Janet Luhmann
5:15 p.m.
Adjourn