| Title |
Author |
| Day 1 - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
| 1:00 pm Introduction (1 hour) |
| Welcome, Opening Remarks, Logistics (15 mins) |
M. Meyer, J. A. Grant, and M. Golombek |
| The process for selecting the Mars 2020 mission landing site (15 mins) |
J. A. Grant, and M. Golombek |
| Overview of the Mars 2020 Mission (30 mins) |
K. Farley |
| 02:00 pm Mars 2020 Engineering Constraints (2 hours) |
| Mars 2020 Project Context (20 mins) |
M. Wallace, A. Chen, et al. |
| EDL Engineering Constraints (40 mins) |
A. Chen, et al. |
| Mars 2020 Surface Operability (40 mins) |
D. Bernard and M. Wilson |
| Current status of landing site imaging (20 mins) |
M. Golombek & J. Grant |
| 4:00 pm Overivew Science Talks (1 hour) |
| Microbially induced sedimentary structures - biosignatures in aquatic settings on Mars (20 mins) |
N. Noffke |
| In-situ age dating at the Mars2020 site: The importance of establishing Martian chronology (20 mins) |
B. J. Thomson |
| The Importance of Land-on Science for Answering Key Questions about Early Mars with the Mars2020 mission (20 mins) |
B. L. Ehlmann |
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| Day 2 - Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
| 8:30 am Habitable Environments in the Martian Subsurface: (2 hours and 40 minutes) |
| Targeting Habitable Subsurface Environments with Mars 2020 (20 mins) |
J. Michalski, et al. |
| Mawrth Vallis: probing the early Mars Habitability (20 mins) |
D. Loizeau, N. Mangold, et al. |
| Oxia Planum, Mars 2020 landing site candidate region (20 mins) |
P. Thollot, C. Quantin, et al. |
| Nili Fossae Trough: Exploring the Earliest Noachian (20 mins) |
J. F. Mustard, B. L. Ehlmann, et al. |
| Nili Fossae Carbonates: Solving the Carbonate Puzzle and Examining Olivine from Primitive Melts or Mantle (20 mins) |
B. L. Ehlmann, C. S. Edwards, et al. |
| NE Syrtis Major, a Record of the Noachian-Hesperian Environmental Transition: Clays, Carbonates, Sulfates, and Multiple Igneous Units in Stratigraphy (20 mins) |
J. F. Mustard, B. L. Ehlmann, et al. |
| Pinpointing Habitability in Nili Patera's Hydrothermal Field (20 mins) |
J. R. Skok, J. F. Mustard, et al. |
| Hydrothermal activity in the circum-Hellas region. A hydrothermal site for Mars 2020 (20 mins) |
E. Z. Noe Dobrea, D. A. Crown, et al. |
| 11:10 am Candidate Landing Sites in and Near the Chasmata: (1 hour) |
| Candidate Landing Sites in Valles Marineris: Ancient and Modern Habitability (20 mins) |
H. Miyamoto, G. Komatsu, et al. |
| In Situ investigation of the Southwestern Melas Basin (20 mins) |
R. M. E. Williams, C. M. Weitz, et al. |
| The Unique rock diversity exposed in Coprates Chasma (20 mins) |
C. Quantin, B. Bultel, et al. |
| 12:10 pm Lunch (1 hour) |
| 01:10 pm Candidate Landing Sites at Paleo-Deltas and Paleo-Lakes (3 hours and 35 minutes) |
| Hypanis delta (Xanthe Terra) system as a landing site for the Nasa 2020 Rover (20 mins) |
S. Gupta, P. Fawdon, et al. |
| Eberswalde Delta in Margaritifer Terra (20 mins) |
R. Irwin III |
| Jezero Crater Delta: Reading the Geochemical Record of Clay-Carbonate Sedimentation (20 mins) |
B. L. Ehlmann, T. Goudge, et al. |
| Investigation of Layered Sediments and Clays at a Proposed Landing Site in Ladon Valles (20 mins) |
C. Weitz, J. Bishop, and J. A. Grant |
| Landing at the Terminus of Sabrina Vallis (20 mins) |
T. Platz, E. Hauber, et al. |
| The volcanic resurfacing of a heavily altered aqueous environment in Kashira crater: Constraints on geologic history and the preservation of habitable environments (20 mins) |
M. Salvatore, R. Goudge, et al. |
| Aqueous Chloride and Phyllosilicate Mineral Formation and Biosignature Preservation in Ancient, Channeled Terrains: An Example in Eastern Margaritifer Terra (20 mins) |
P. Christensen, V. Hamilton, et al. |
| Hadriacus Palus as 2020 Mars Mission Landing Site: Massif-Bound Intercrater Basin on the Northern Hellas Rim (20 mins) |
J. A. Skinner, C. M. Fortezzo, C. M., et al. |
| Firsoff Crater (15 mins) |
M. Pondrelli & L. Le Deit |
| 4:30 pm Discussion (1 hour) |
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| Day 3 - Friday, May 16, 2014 |
| 08:30 am Landing Where Some Have Gone Before: (1 hour and 40 minutes) |
| A Second Field Season on Mars: The Merits of Returning to Gusev Crater for a Sample Caching Mission (20 mins) |
S. W. Ruff, N. A. Cabrol, et al. |
| The Importance of the Mars 2020 Mission and Gusev Crater (20 mins) |
A. Longo |
| A Treasure Trove in Them Thar Columbia Hills: Hydrothermal Deposits, Carbonates, Hesperian Lava Flows and More (20 mins) |
J. Rice |
| Rational for Considering Additional Prior Landing Sites and Candidate Landing Site Finalists for MSL (10 mins) |
R. Zurek |
| Gale Crater, Meridiani Planum, Holden Crater (30 mins) |
J. Grant, M. Golombek, R. Irwin |
| 10:10 am Discussion (30 Minutes) |
M. Golombeck and J. Grant |
| 12:00 pm End of Workshop |
