| Friday october 19th |
| 17:00 - 18:30 |
Registration open |
Main room |
| 19:00 - 19:05 |
Opening speech by the Dutch chairwoman.
Artemis Westenberg |
Main room |
| 19:05 - 20:30 |
"Science Fiction leading to Science Fact"
Science Fiction writers present their thoughts about the subject "Science Fiction leading to Science Fact"
Gregory Benford & Alastair Reynolds |
Main room |
| 20:30 - 20:45 |
Break |
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| 20:45 - 21:30 |
Forum discussion
A panel of Science Fiction writers will answer questions how Science Fiction can lead to Science Fact. The audience can ask their own questions.
Gregory Benford, Alastair Reynolds, Michel van Pelt & Arno Wielders |
Main room |
| 21:30 - 23:00 |
Drink at the bar |
Lounge |
| Saturday october 20th, morning |
| SESSION 1 |
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| 9:00 - 10:00 |
AURORA, Europe’s road to Mars
Bruno Gardini (ESA) |
Main room |
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
ESA/Russian 500 day Marssimulation
Jennifer Ngo-Anh |
Main room |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Break |
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
FXI LDM 2007, 100 days on Mars
James Harris |
Main room |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
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| Saturday october 20th, afternoon |
| SESSION 2A |
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| 13:30 - 14:15 |
Dawn of the Space age - Re-live the excitement of the early days of space exploration.
A movie by Mirage3D |
Main room |
| 14:15 - 15:00 |
The Austrian MDRS-mission
Gernot Groemer |
Main room |
| SESSION 2B |
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| 13:30 - 14:15 |
Instrumentation for Mars research (Life Marker Chip & SPEX)
Erik Laan |
Room B |
| 14:15 - 15:00 |
The MIRIAM Sounding Rocket Flight Test – validation test of the MSD Mars Balloon Probe ARCHIMEDES
Jürgen Herholz |
Room B |
| SESSION 2C |
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| 13:30 - 14:15 |
Mars Life Quest - A private robotic mission to Mars
Arno Wielders |
Room C |
| 14:15 - 15:00 |
MDRS – being a teenager on Mars
Iahu-Anat Westenberg |
Room C |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Tea Break |
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| SESSION 3A |
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| 15:30 - 16:15 |
Raman-Libs spectrometer (ExoMars rover)
Erik Boslooper |
Main room |
| 16:15 - 17:00 |
The best of Mars 3d - A diashow in three dimensions.
Frans Blok |
Main room |
| SESSION 3B |
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| 15:30 - 16:15 | PROM'S: a pressurized Rover for Mars
Pierre Brulhet & Olivier Walter |
Room B |
| 16:15 - 17:00 |
The Darwin Delay Line
Teun van den Dool |
Room B |
| SESSION 3C |
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| 15:30 - 16:15 |
Title presentation
Name speaker |
Room C |
| 16:15 - 17:00 |
Title presentation
Name speaker |
Room C |
| Saturday october 20th, evening |
| 18:00 - 22:00 |
Dinner
Restaurant: Karrewiel. Paardenmarkt 74, 2611 PD Delft. MORE INFORMATION! |
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| Sunday october 21st, morning |
| SESSION 4 |
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| 9:00 - 10:00 |
What strategy will bring Humans to Mars?
Gregory Benford |
Main room |
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
What does it mean to send HUMANS to Mars? - PI Human Factors FMARS
Judith Lapierre |
Main room |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Break |
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
The day we launched a woodpecker
Jerry Stone |
Main room |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
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| Sunday october 21st, afternoon |
| SESSION 5A |
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| 13:30 - 14:15 |
Modified Mars: terraforming simulated using Google Earth
Frans Blok |
Main room |
| 14:15 - 15:00 |
The Manned Mars Safety Issue - Mission architecture and Reliability data influence evaluation
through a Monte Carlo simulation
Richard Heidmann |
Main room |
| SESSION 5B |
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| 13:30 - 14:15 |
Building a stairway to Heaven - The way to build a stairway to heaven is to actually build itn
Vyron Lymberopoulos |
Room B |
| 14:15 - 15:00 |
National Platform for Planetary Research - An Initiative for promoting Planetary Research in the Netherlands
Arno Wielders |
Room B |
| SESSION 5C |
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| 13:30 - 14:15 |
Title presentation
Name speaker |
Room C |
| 14:15 - 15:00 |
Title presentation
Name speaker |
Room C |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Tea Break |
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| CLOSING SESSION |
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| 15:30 - 16:30 |
Speech by Robert Zubrin is canceled
The peech by Robert Zubrin is canceled due to urgent business in the States. |
Main room |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Closing of convention
Artemis Westenberg |
Main room |
