Session 21. Science and Technology of Future Space Missions I

Special Contributed Oral Parallel Session, Chair: D. Crisp, R.S. Saunders, Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 8:30-10:00am, Sala Astrolabio Kursaal

21.01 The MESSENGER Mission to Mercury (Invited)

R. L. McNutt, Jr. (APL/JHU), S. C. Solomon (DTM/CIW), MESSENGER Team

21.02 SMART-1: Precursor for the Exploration the Solar System with Electric Propulsion (Invited)

G.D. Racca, B.H. Foing (ESA/ESTEC)

21.03 Cassini VIMS after the Earth-Moon Flyby (Invited)

R.H. Brown (U. Arizona)

21.04 Mars Express: Mission and Science Goals (Invited)

A.F. Chicarro (Space Science Department., ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands)

21.05 The International Program to Explore Mars (Invited)

D.J. McCleese (JPL)

21.06 ESA Advanced Planetary Mission Studies: Venus Sample Return and Mercury Sample Return

F. W. Taylor (Oxford University), J. P. Lebreton, G. Scoon (ESTEC), P. Logonne (IPG, Paris), P. Masson (Univ. Paris-Sud), H. Waenke (MPI Mainz), M. Coradini (ESA HQ Paris), VSR and MSR Study Team

21.07 Mission,System Design and Payload Aspects of ESA's Mercury Cornerstone Mission

A. Ferri, A. Anselmi (Alenia Aerospazio Div. Spazio, Turin, Italy), G. E.N. Scoon (ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands)

21.08 AMIE: Micro-Imaging System for SMART-1 Mission

J.L. Josset (CSEM Micro-camera \& Planetary Exploration)