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EUROPLANET

EUROPLANET. The European Planetology Network and Cassini-Huygens Michel Blanc, CNRS. Origin of the project. Cassini/Huygens is a joint mission of ESA and NASA to the Saturn world and to Titan, involving the two Agencies, industrials and over 200 scientists from the two sides of the Atlantic

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EUROPLANET

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  1. EUROPLANET The EuropeanPlanetology Network and Cassini-Huygens Michel Blanc, CNRS

  2. Origin of the project • Cassini/Huygens is a joint mission of ESA and NASA to the Saturn world and to Titan, involving the two Agencies, industrials and over 200 scientists from the two sides of the Atlantic • The European participants want to maximize the scientific return of the mission, and to take this opportunity to build in the long term a strong planetary science community • With the EC support Europlanet seeks to : • Bring additional resources • Involve a broader community in the mission • Develop tools and collaborations for all future missions

  3. Close encounter with Titan !

  4. Multi-scale understanding of a new world

  5. The « Golden triangle »of success Space Agencies ESA/NASA National Agencies Space Industries Laboratories

  6. Education Integrated Distributed Information Service Laboratory Measurements Modellingtheory Ground-basedobservations Public ESAPlanetary Missions

  7. 6 key activities • N2: Discipline working groups • N3: Coordination of Earth based & space observations • N4: Outreach • N5: Personnel exchanges • N6: Meetings • N7: Integrated and Distributed Information Service

  8. Planetary missions in Europe FP7 Extension ? + NASA-led missions with some European participation (MSL, Dawn, …)

  9. Mars, Mercury, comets, giant planets…

  10. http://europlanet.cesr.fr/ Technische Univ. München Institüt für WeltraumforschungAustrian Academy of Sciences IRSP International Research School of Planetary Sciences Prague Observatory Royal Observatory Blegium AstronomicalInstitute of the Romanian Academy

  11. En route to the planets ! Kick-off meeting, Vienna, 24 April 2005

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