Fifth Meeting of the Venus Exploration and Analysis Group (VEXAG)
May 7–8, 2008
University of Maryland Conference Center
Greenbelt, MD
Meeting Notes
Attendees
Powerpoint Presentations in PDF format
Agenda
Wednesday – May 7, 2008
8:30 a.m.
Sign-In
Pick-up Handouts
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 a.m.
Fifth VEXAG Meeting Overview and Objectives
Ellen Stofan
- Provide feedback on objectives of the STDT Flagship mission study
- Community update of white paper goals-objectives-measurements
9:20 a.m.
Status Report on Venus Express
Hakan Svedhem
9:40 a.m.
JAXA's Venus Climate Orbiter
Masato Nakamura and Takeshi Imamura
10:00 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
10:15 a.m.
Report on Venus-Earth Climate Connections
David Grinspoon
10:30 a.m.
ISSI Venus-Earth Climate Workshop
Dima Titov
10:45 a.m.
Comparative Planetary Processes: Venus-Mars-Earth
Jim Head
11:15 a.m.
Venus Laboratory Measurements
Alan Treiman
11:30 a.m.
NASA Headquarters Perspective on Venus Exploration
Jim Green
12:00 a.m.
Venus Technology Development via PIDAP
John Rall
12:15 p.m.
LUNCH
1:15 p.m.
STDT Report and Discussion
Mark Bullock
3:15 p.m.
VEXAG Goals and Objectives Document (White Paper)
Ellen Stofan
3:25 p.m.
Focus Group Preview of Splinter Sessions – Review of White Paper
David Grinspoon, Kevin Baines, Steve Mackwell, Jim Cutts, Mark Allen
3:50 p.m.
Focus Group Splinter Sessions – Review STDT progress and coordinate feedback, alterations to white paper
5:10 p.m.
Focus Group Mini-Reports
5:30 p.m.
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Thursday – May 8, 2008
8:00 a.m.
Sign-In
Pick-up Handouts
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 a.m.
Focus Group Meetings
9:30 a.m.
Special Science Report
Gerald Keating
9:50 a.m.
Venus surface composition from Venus Express
Joern Helbert
10:05 a.m.
Update on VEX Science from Participating Scientists
Kevin Baines
10:20 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
10:35 a.m.
Special Report – NASA's Plans for Aerocapture/Aerobreaking and Radioisotope-Powered Spacecraft
Leonard Dudzinski
10:50 a.m.
Magellan Aerobraking
Dan Lyons
11:00 a.m.
Education and Public Outreach
Rosalyn Pertzborn
11:15 a.m.
STDT wrap up
Mark Bullock
11:30 a.m.
Open Mike Presentations (1-2 slides, up to 10 minutes)
Provide your presentation to the projectionist during the coffee break
12:30 p.m.
LUNCH
1:30 p.m.
In-Space Propulsion Program
Michelle Munk
1:45 p.m.
Focus Group Reports
David Grinspoon, Kevin Baines, Steve Mackwell, Jim Cutts, Mark Allen
2:45 p.m.
Wrap-up
Next Meeting
Recommendations
Action Items
Ellen Stofan
3:00 p.m.
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