PLANETARY SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS AND STRATEGIES A FOCUS ON MARS

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PLANETARY SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS AND STRATEGIES
A FOCUS ON MARS

• James R.C. Garry
• Leiden Institute of Chemistry

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Chance favours the prepared mind

• Discoveries are by their nature unpredictable

• The Universe is big, old, and complicated

• Planets arent much different

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There are challenges of location
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There are challenges of technique

• COSPAR regulations

• Sample handling and breaking the chain

• ppb level analytical studies routine

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Deep Impact
Stardust
Hayabusa
MER
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
Cassini Huygens
Rosetta
Mars Express
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The Zen of Simulation

• Identify necessary parameters

• But complexity exists at all levels

• Be flexible in approach and mindset

• With thanks to SRON, ESTEC, and the co-workers
  on the Mars Simulation team I.tenKate, P.
  Ehrenfreund, and B. Foing

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