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15th IAA Humans in Space Symposium

Graz / Austria, May 22-26, 2005    
 

 
 Benefits of Human Presence in Space

Historical, scientific, medical, cultural, and political aspects

Humans in Space is an international scientific symposium dedicated to discussion and research in those human and biological sciences related to long-duration space travel
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Session  II.6 - Search for life, geology, operations
Theme II: Future of human spaceflight: Exploratory missions
Date: 25 May 2005, 14:00
Chair: Gerda Horneck, Charles Cockell
Room B
Paper #
 Time
 Author(s)
 Title
II.6-1
 14:00-14:30
 Gy. Rontó, A. Bérces, G. Kovács, A. Fekete, M. Hegedüs, C. Panitz, H. Lammer
 Solar UV radiation and the life in Earth and other planets
II.6-2
 14:30-14:45
 Pascale Ehrenfreund, I. ten Kate, J. Garry, R. Quinn, Z. Peeters, B. Foing
 Survival of organics on the surface of Mars
II.6-3
 14:45-15:00
 Andrew C. Schuerger, W.L. Nicholson
 Microbial Ecology of Spacecraft: Implications for the forward contamination of mars by robotic and human exploration missions
II.6-4
 15:00-15:15
 Petra Rettberg, U. Pogoda de la Vega, T. Douki, J. Cadet, G. Horneck
 Deinococcus radiodurans, a unique test system for studying the limits of microbial life on the surface of Mars

15:15-15:30
 Discussion