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

Presentations


Sunday afternoon – November 4, 2007


12:30 p.m.

Sign-In
Pick-up Handouts
Coffee and Pastries

1:00 p.m.
Venus Exploration Goals, Objectives, and Investigations: 2007
Sushil Atreya and Janet Luhmann

1:15 p.m.
VEXAG Goals and Objectives Document
Janet Luhmann

1:30 p.m.
Venus Flagship Class Missions Architectures
Tibor Balint and James Cutts

2:00 p.m.
International Planetary Probe Workshop
Jim Cutts, David Atkinson, Bernard Bienstock, and Sushil Atreya

2:15 p.m.
European Venus Explorer – A proposed mission for ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015–2025
Eric Chassefiere

2:30 p.m.
Coffee Break

2:45 p.m.
Venus Express Education and Public Outreach
Sanjay Limayo for Rosalyn Pertzborn

3:00 p.m.
Preview of OPAG Meeting
Sushil Atreya for Fran Bagenal

3:15 p.m.
Special Science Briefing - Venus atmosphere from Venus Express/VIRTIS
Pierre Drossart, Giuseppe Piccioni, and the VIRTIS team

3:45 p.m.
Open Microphone

Extreme Temperature Motors and Drivetrains for Venus Exploration - A Breakthrough Development
Jerri Ji

High Temperature Electronics, Communications, and Sensors for Venus Missions
G. W. Hunter, R. S. Okojie, P. G. Neudeck, G. M. Beheim, G. E. Ponchak, G. Fralick, J. Wrbanek, and M. Krasowski

Exploring the Surface Mineralogy and Atmosphere of Venus with a Combined Remote Raman Spectroscopy and Elastic Lidar System
Shiv Sharma, Paul Lucey, Syed Ismail, and Nurul Abedin

4:30 p.m.
Planetary Science Summer School Venus Mission Study
Britney Schmidt and Giovanni Minelli

4:50 p.m.
Preview of Monday’s Activities
Sushil Atreya and Janet Luhmann

5:00 p.m.
SMD Update to VEXAG
Andrew F. Cheng

5:20 p.m.
Adjourn

Monday Morning – November 5, 2007


8:30 a.m.

Sign-In
Pick-up Handouts
Coffee and Pastries

9:00 a.m.
Planetary Science Division Update and Venus Exploration
Jim Green

9:30 a.m.
Status and Latest Results from Venus Express
Hakan Svedhem

9:50 a.m.
Recent Major Activities Related to VCO/PLANET-C (August - October 2007)
Masato Nakamura and Takeshi Imamura

10:10 a.m.

MESSENGER Flyby

Venus Express During MESSENGER Venus Fly-By
Hakan Svedhem

10:40 a.m.
Coffee Break

11:00 a.m.
Searching for Evidence of Past Oceans on Venus
Mark A. Bullock and David H. Grinspoon

11:30 a.m.

Meeting Overview of NASA Workshop on Planetary Atmospheres
Philippe Crane

11:45 p.m.
Lunch

Monday Afternoon – November 5, 2007


1:00 p.m.

Venus-Earth Climate Connections (25-minutes each)

Greenhouse Effect and Radiative Balance on Earth and Venus
Dave Crisp

Climate Sensitivities of Venus and Earth
Mark Bullock

Aerosols and Clouds on Earth and Venus
Brian Toon

2:15 p.m.
Coffee Break (15 minutes)

Atmospheric Dynamics of Venus and Earth
Jerry Schubert and C. Covey

Solar History Effects on Venus and Earth Climate
Janet Luhmann for David Brain

Sulfur Isotope Ratios and Constraints on Climate
Alex Pavlov

4:00 p.m.
General discussion - Venus-Earth Climate Connections
Larry Esposito, lead

4:30 p.m.
White Paper Discussion

5:00 p.m.
Wrap-up
Next Meeting
Recommendations
Action Items
Sushil Atreya and Janet Luhmann

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