Wednesday, August 5
8:00 PM – 9:30 PM – Reception follows at 9:30 PM

2009 International Space University (ISU) Space Studies Program
The Gerald Soffen Memorial Panel – What’s Next For Mars Exploration?

Building on the groundbreaking work of the late Gerry Soffen during the Viking missions to Mars in the mid-1970s, this panel will explore plans for the next generation of Mars probes. Participants will include: Hajime Yano, assistant professor, Department of Planetary Science, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science for JAXA; Jim Green, director, NASA’s Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters, Washington; David Southwood, director, Science and Robotic Exploration at the European Space Agency; Pascale Ehrenfreund, of the Space Policy Institute in the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, Washington. Moderator: David Kendall, director of General Space Science, CSA.

At the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field.