Oxford, UK
April 11, 2016

On behalf of Neil Bowles (Univ. Oxford, UK) and Colin Snodgrass (The Open University, UK).

In preparation for ESA’s upcoming M5 mission call we would like to announce a community meeting on the 11th of April in Oxford, UK to discuss a novel mission concept to understand the evolution of our Solar System. CASTAway will be the first mission dedicated to the exploration of the main belt in all its diversity by carrying out a comprehensive census and spectroscopic survey of main belt populations with reconnaissance flybys of at least ten objects. The mission will place a small telescope into a heliocentric orbit in the asteroid belt, equipped with a spectrograph covering 0.6-5 microns and multi-spectral imaging capability for flybys.

For more information and to register for the meeting on the 11th of April please see:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/main-belt-asteroid-explorer-mission-castaway-proposal-tickets-22129676458 or email [email protected] or [email protected].